One of our campaigns is to prevent municipal solid waste from being burned. It destroys valuable resources, competes with zero waste actions, is harmful to the environment and people and is very costly.
Sign our Petition to shut the incinerator down
Please sign to shut the Metro Vancouver Waste to Energy Facility and share it with others.
Media reports
Press Release
July 7th, 2025 Health Alarm: Toxic Dioxins and Heavy Metals Detected Near Metro Vancouver Incinerator
Independent testing has revealed dangerous levels of dioxins, furans, and heavy metals in dust collected from a rooftop within 500 metres of Metro Vancouver’s waste incinerator in Burnaby, raising serious health concerns for nearby communities. See more details here.
Media Coverage:
Business in Vancouver – Watchdog claims tests show Metro Vancouver incinerator a ‘significant health risk’
Watershed Sentinel podcast
July 30th -update Re: Metro Vancouver response added -scroll to the bottom of this page here.
Press Release
February 26, 2025 Metro Vancouver Must Shut Down the Burnaby Waste-to-Energy Facility to Meet its Environmental and Financial Goals
Environmental organizations Zero Waste BC, Zero Waste Canada, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment BC, Doctors for Planetary Health – West Coast, GAIA, and For Our Kids, Burnaby urge Metro Vancouver to phase out its waste incinerator citing economic, environmental, health, and climate impacts
See details here.
Media Coverage:
CBC –interview with CAPE’s Dr Melissa Lem
CBC –Metro Vancouver’s rebuttal
ZWBC, Zero Waste Canada and GAIA’s response to Metro Vancouver’s arguments
See more of our work analyzing Metro Vancouver's incinerator
Take a look at our other research and feedback
Here is the work we did with the cross Canada Coalition for Zero Waste. See the Campaign!
Check out our webinars: 
April 3, 2024 for environmental groups webinar recording
April 11, 2024 for local governments webinar recording
Other tools that may be useful:
Belinda’s presentation on Climate Impacts from Incineration
Liz’ s presentation on Cautionary Tales
Sue’s presentation on the Metro Vancouver Case Study
Janek’s presentation on the European perspective
See here for additional answers to questions from the webinar
See our climate analysis of WTE
Local governments should read this
Almost 50 organizations signed the Call to Action outlining the government action required.
Need to know more?
See these resources for more information including if your community is facing the threat of incineration