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Waste not, want not: solid waste management and environmental responsibility

The Municipal Posted on September 18, 2013 by Julie YoungSeptember 18, 2013
Americans generate 250 million tons of garbage each year. For some communities, the solid waste solution is an EFW facility, which allows non-recyclable waste materials to be converted into useable heat, electricity or fuel through combustion, gasification, pyrolization, anaerobic digestion, landfill gas recovery and other processes. (Photo provided)

Though it has been 25 years since Bristol, Conn., and surrounding communities first considered the addition of an energy-from-waste facility as part of their solid waste management program, Mayor Arthur Ward remembers how area residents opposed the idea. “There was … Continue reading →

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