The Harrisburg Incinerator, now under private operation as Susquehanna Resource Management Complex (SRMC), is a waste-to-energy incinerator in South Harrisburg, Pennsylvania built and operated by the city from 1972 to 2003, which was an ongoing source of contention due to toxic air emissions and unforeseen costs which greatly contributed to the bankruptcy of the city.

[2][3] Though it was built to handle 720 tons daily, it consistently operated under a capacity for profit, as neighboring municipalities declined to participate—some before construction began.

"[2] The US Environmental Protection Agency shut down the incinerator for pollution on December 18, 2000, but was reopened through a loophole less than a month later, with the condition that it close within 2.5 years.

[5] For the three decades it was running, the incinerator was the "highest emitter of dioxin in the country" according to Jim Topsale, a municipal waste combustion expert for the EPA.

[6] Dioxins are very toxic and according to the World Health Organization, they can cause "reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.