On June 26, 2025, the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability and Department of Sanitation jointly issued this RFI for advice on how to better manage solid waste in the city. This is intended to inform the request for proposals (RFP) for how the city’s waste will be handled after current waste disposal and recycling contracts expire on 6/30/2026.
- 6/26/2025: Request for Information
- 7/21/2025: Addendum #1 (extended due date to 7/28/2025)
- 7/28/2025: Addendum #2 Responses to questions (all 17 questions and recommendations were posed by Mike Ewall at Energy Justice Network)
- 7/28/2025: Addendum #3 (extended due date to 8/1/2025)
Responses to the RFI:
- Energy Justice Network (35 pp. plus addendum and attachments)
- Addendum on alternative available disposal capacity and landfill gas management
- Attachments:
- Frequently Asked Questions about Philadelphia’s use of Waste Incineration
- Covanta Trash Incinerator & Environmental Racism in Chester (2nd page has emissions data)
- Waste Contracting for Clean Air Act (now named Stop Trashing Our Air Act)
- Dr. Jeffrey Morris’ CV (MEBCalc life cycle assessment tool author, and author of Attach. 5)
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Monetization for Nine Human and Environmental Health Impacts from Delaware County, Pennsylvania MSW Diversion & Disposal 2020 Baseline and Recommended Zero Waste Plan (full plan starts on page 10 following summary)
- Beyond Incineration: Best Waste Management Strategies for Montgomery County, MD (includes a life cycle analysis of incineration vs. landfilling and transportation impacts)
- It’s Not Green: New Trash Incinerators in Palm Beach County are Expensive Major Air Polluters
- AMP
- Bennett Compost
- Circle Compost
- Circular Philadelphia
- Circular Services
- Clean Water Action
- Clean Water Fund
- ECHO Systems
- Glitter
- Inch and Meter
- Jonathan Leibovic
- Litterati
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
- PA Resources Council
- Raftelis
- Republic Services
- Turbo Haul