In September, Kevyn Orr asked for bids for firms to collect the city's trash. I believe that an agreement was reached to sign
contracts with two firms in January. My assumption was that the firms were not obligated to take the trash to the incinerator on
Russell Street. Quite likely, land fill would have been a less expensive system of getting rid of the trash. I wonder if this meant that environmentalists had won their battle to eventually shut the incinerator.
This week's Crains reports that the firm currently operating the incinerator will build a 1.6 mile steam loop to supply the Hamtramck Assembly plant with steam. Does this mean that the incinerator has a bright future? I did not think that the incinerator could be sold for much to pay off the city's debts. Maybe it does have value.