Ottawa's $450M question: To burn our trash or not to burn our trash?
With the Trail Road landfill rapidly filling up, the City of Ottawa is looking at all the options for future garbage disposal. That includes a waste-to-energy incinerator similar to a facility that has sparked substantial pushback in Durham Region.
![Ottawa's $450M question: To burn our trash or not to burn our trash?](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7141239.1710257782!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ottawa-trail-road-landfill-truck-feb-27-2024-city-garbage-trash.jpg)
![A truck offloads trash at the City of Ottawa's Trail Road landfill on Feb. 27, 2024. An aerial view of piles of colourful garbage, with a brown truck tipping out a fresh load](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7141239.1710257782!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ottawa-trail-road-landfill-truck-feb-27-2024-city-garbage-trash.jpg)
With the Trail Road landfill rapidly filling up, the City of Ottawa is looking at all the options for future garbage disposal. That includes a waste-to-energy incinerator similar to a facility that has sparked substantial pushback in Durham Region.