Green News
A compatibility study discovers that communities using waste-to-energy have recycling rates above the national average compared to EPA or BioCycle data and concludes that on a nationwide basis recycling and waste-to-energy are compatible waste management strategies…download the full study here
Benefits of EfW
- The US Environmental Protection Agency has stated that EfW plants are a “clean, reliable, and renewable source of energy” that “produces electricity with less environmental impact than almost any other source of electricity.”
- Landfill-free solution
- The by-product of EfW yields energy that powers millions of homes across North America
- Can save 2 barrels of crude oil, 12,000 cubic feet of natural gas, and 1,200 pounds of coal per year for every household serviced
- Knowledge that all waste is properly and permanently disposed of