Local News in Brief : Trash Plants Supported
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Despite widespread opposition, trash-to-energy plants are necessary to solve Los Angeles County’s garbage crisis, Sherman Roodzant, chairman of the state Waste Management Board, told a waste disposal conference in Monrovia on Thursday.
Although recycling is popular, it can solve only part of the problem, Roodzant said.
Strong public opposition has killed waste-to-energy projects in Los Angeles, Azusa, Irwindale and Pomona, but Roodzant said, “I’m not embarrassed to tell you that our board strongly supports waste-to-energy.”
However, Roodzant acknowledged the unpopularity of trash burners in the San Gabriel Valley.
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