Therefore be it resolved: Great Lakes United calls upon the US and Canadian Federal
Governments to reaffirm their commitments to a strong and effective, legally binding global POPs treaty, and to instruct their POPS negotiating team to revise the stances they have been taking in a number of key areas: Elimination, loopholes, precaution, and final obligation. Be it further resolved that Great Lakcs United will assist its member organizations, other Great Lakes institutions, and other organizations in efforts to convince the US and Canadian governments to revise their POPs negotiating stance in advance of the December rneering in order to assure that a strong and effective, legally binding, global POPs treaty is agreed.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United, in concert with its member
groups, will exert pressure upon the federal government of Canada to ensure that the following elements are in place prior to passing the revised regulation into law: Acute lethality tests based on both rainbow trout and Daphnia magna; Lowered limits for pollutants on the MMLER list of substances; A legal link between the Environmental Effects Monitoring Program and the regulation; A national toxicity registry to give Canadians access to important monitoring information.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United call on the Canadian
Government to adopt the SCFAIT recommendation #8 to reject the burning of MOX he1 and failing that, that no shipment of MOX he1 for testing be undertaken into Ontario until all the above concerns are fully addressed in comprehensive, thorough public hearings held by an independent panel of experts.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that GLU urges maximum waste reduction, reuse, recycling
and composting efforts to dramatically reduce the waste of valuable resources and the contamination of the environment through disposal; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that GLU opposes the export of garbage korn communities where the garbage is generated; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that GLU supports legislation prohibiting the flow of waste from one region to another, including legislation that will give individual states, provinces, municipalities, and tribal and First Nation territories the authority to prohibit the flow of such
waste across their borders.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of Great Lakes United oppose the
construction of this pipeline.

A diagram describing of how pharmaceuticals and personal care products enter and affect the environment

This is the fourth of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. The following fact sheet is intended assist municipal decision makers better comprehend the costs, terms and risks associated with incineration for municipal solid waste.

This is the third of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. The following fact sheet is intended assist municipal decision makers better comprehend the issues related to municipal solid waste incineration facilities like the energy output; its relation to waste; the relationship to the sale of energy; and selling energy from waste in Ontario.

This is the second of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. This fact sheet provides decision makers and the public with information about direct and indirect pollution releases from waste combustion technologies, including modern mass-burn incinerators as well as gasification and pyrolysis systems.

This is the first of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. This factsheet explores the impact of incineration on global warming and climate change.