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Ontario township to get gasification plant

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')ntario is in the midst of a waste disposal crisis, with municipalities and businesses sending nearly 4 million tons of garbage to Michigan each year because there's no place in which to dispose of it in Canada.

In addition, the Star says the province doesn't have enough electrical generating capacity and faces the prospect of brownouts this summer.

Those two problems -- coupled with public opposition to creating new landfills -- have reportedly resulted in many communities beginning to consider establishing incinerators that would produce energy.