Waste-to-Energy Restrictions Bill (Bill 250768)
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.
- What: Bill No. 250768, introduced last year by Councilmember Gauthier, was described by one commenter as limiting waste-to-energy disposal and aimed at companies such as Reworld. The bill text is not captioned, so this description is unconfirmed. The number is garbled in the captions.
- Where it stands: held on the second reading and final passage calendar on 2026-10-08, with no discussion by members.
- Next: none scheduled.
Public comment
- One commenter said the bill lacks specifics, deadlines and parameters and urged Council not to rule out waste-to-energy, citing other countries that use it. He supported curbing the companies at issue and noted a fishing advisory on a local river (name garbled) over chemical contamination.
Sources
- Council agenda for 2026-10-08: https://phila.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1449169&GUID=4E09C8A3-7ED8-4C9D-9271-42052283D19E
- Meeting video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nPeRxHFvviY
Discussion time
About 2 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 - City Council | 2 |
Log
- 2026-10-08 - City Council — Held; one commenter said the bill lacks specifics and deadlines.
- 2026-10-22 - City Council - One speaker urged re-examining the bill as too broad before final passage; it remained held.
- 2026-10-01 - City Council - Held from the second reading and final passage calendar.
- 2026-09-24 - City Council - Held again on the calendar; a clergy member alleged in public comment that trash burning in Chester and Southwest Philadelphia harms Black communities and challenged the administration's figure that 15 percent of the burned trash comes from the city.