There appears to be a growing acceptance to the modern concept of the Waste to Energy (WtoE) method of dealing with our garbage. Questions asked of Torontonians in a poll done by Forum Research indicate that more than one-third of respondents think this is the best way to get rid of garbage. WtoE is a widely accepted method of garbage treatment around the world. Garbage is incinerated, creating heat and energy all at once. Modern filters make the incineration process cleaner than driving trucks to land fill. The poll suggests that this is more than three times the number who would continue to truck our refuse to land fill sites and bury it there. A revealing insight into this thorny issue is shown by the 30 percent of respondents who said the city should do “something else” with its garbage. This of course is no answer at all. Another 23 percent admitted they had no answer to this important challenge. All in all, the question of what to do with our garbage seems far more important than whether there should be a Walmart near Kensington Market. That matter is the focus of all the news coverage today. The Walmart question is bone simple to answer, we note. Clearly, the garbage question is not bone simple. But it is a lot more important.
