By Kevin Diakiw, Surrey North Delta Leader, October 19, 2011

A waste incinerator for South Surrey has been considered by city council, which was willing to sell land in north Campbell Heights to a developer interested in building a waste-to-energy facility there.

By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun, October 13, 2011

Communities fear an incinerator will further reduce air quality

A Metro Vancouver plan that could see a half-million tonnes of garbage burned annually to produce energy is expected to be a key municipal election issue in the Fraser Valley.

By SCOTT SIMPSON, Vancouver Sun, September 23, 2011

Polymer Research recycles polyurethane foam into liquid chemical

A company that promises to cure a major headache for landfill operators won first prize this week at an annual competition among British Columbia’s most promising startups.

By Toby Gorman, Nanaimo News Bulletin, August 19, 2011

Island communities are watching closely as Metro Vancouver writes a plan to deal with its growing garbage problem.

By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 27, 2011

Incinerators eliminate garbage while powering homes

By Justina Reichel, Epoch Times, Jul 20, 2011

Turning garbage into energy a proposed alternative to landfills

Garbage could be Alberta’s newest energy source once engineering studies for a new waste-to-energy facility are completed.

Jack Knox, Times Colonist, July 27, 2011

Whether Gold River ends up burning Metro Vancouver's garbage could come down to pollution politics versus cold cash.

The chances of the Lower Mainland's trash finding it way to the north Island inched forward this week when Environment Minister Terry Lake approved Metro Vancouver's waste-management plan.

By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2011

But region required to work with Fraser Valley to address air quality concerns if it builds facility in the Lower Mainland

METRO VANCOUVER -- The provincial government has approved Metro Vancouver's plans to build a waste incinerator to burn the region's trash in or out of the Lower Mainland.

FRANCES BULA, Globe and Mail, Jul. 25, 2011

A controversial garbage incinerator in Metro Vancouver has been pushed one big step closer to reality after the provincial government approved the region’s new waste and recycling plan.

By Paul J. Henderson, The Times, Chilliwack, December 10, 2010

Stam says it's a clarion call to 'fight a little harder'

Jeff Nagel, BC Local News, August 27, 2010

Three Metro Vancouver mayors will go to Victoria Wednesday to present their controversial waste plan opening the door to increased garbage incineration.

KELLY SINOSKI, Vancouver Sun, July 30, 2010

Metro Vancouver will go ahead with plans to investigate burning the region's garbage -- but not necessarily in Metro Vancouver.

Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, July 21, 2010

Covanta Energy and Green Island Energy will hold an open house in Gold River on Vancouver Island tonight to pitch their plans for a "thermal electric power plant" capable of converting 750,000 tonnes of post-recycled solid municipal waste per year to clean energy.

Jeff Nagel, Surrey Leader, July 15, 2010

Fans and foes of a possible new regional garbage incinerator got one last chance Wednesday to sway Metro Vancouver directors ahead of a decision expected later this month.

Brian Lewis, The Province, June 29, 2010

It looks as if some politicians and senior civil servants in B.C. are not immune to the dreaded Gordon Campbell Disease, or "GCD" as it's commonly called.

Jeff Nagel, BC Local News, Tri-City News, May 14, 2010

The City of Abbotsford has approved a manure digesting plant that Metro Vancouver officials say amounts to a waste-to-energy facility that will result in air emissions in the Fraser Valley.

Glenda Luymes, The Province, May 16, 2010

A new poll shows 59 per cent of Fraser Valley residents who know about Metro Vancouver's proposed plans for garbage incineration oppose them -- and 74 per cent connect the issue to the fight against Sumas Energy 2.

By Catherine Porter, The Star, Apr 4 2010

Protesters who showed up in gas masks outside Durham Region’s Whitby headquarters one night last May weren’t mollified by assurances that today’s incineration technology is far cleaner than that of 20 years ago.

By Catherine Porter, The Star, Apr 3 2010

DETROIT—Just off the city’s main strip, beyond a row of decaying car plants, a parade of dump trucks rumbles into a sprawling grey and red building with four smokestacks.

Catherine Porter, The Star, Apr 02 2010

It’s a humble soybean field today. But soon, a giant smokestack may mark the spot, just east of the idle auto parts plants of Oshawa, where 140,000 tonnes a year of garbage put out on the street by Durham Region residents will go to be burned.

TRACY SHERLOCK, Vancouver Sun, March 15, 2010

Emissions from a proposed waste incinerator in Metro Vancouver could have negative effects on human health, a University of British Columbia report says.

Editorial, Brian Lewis, The Province, January 19, 2010

Is Metro Vancou-ver's relentless pursuit of waste-to-energy incinerators within its regional district, as a solution to its waste-disposal dilemma, burning itself out?

Jeff Nagel and Kevin Mills, Black Press, January 08, 2010

Metro Vancouver’s aim to incinerate more garbage instead of dumping it is in doubt now that a huge expansion of the Cache Creek regional landfill has won environmental approval.

The $100-million 42-hectare expansion would extend the lifespan of the nearly full dump by another 17 to 25 years.