Waste to Energy

Trash incineration process graphic

Burning Trash is no Stink

14% of the trash generated in the U.S. is burned at trash incineration facilities, generating 19 billion kWh of electricity and keeping millions of tons of garbage from entering landfills.

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Waste-to-Energy plant in Germany

Waste-to-Energy Efforts Expected to Expand Big Time Over the Next Decade

Your home may soon be powered by garbage! Research conducted by Pike Research suggests waste-to-energy plants will process 260 million tons of trash by 2022.

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Landfill trash compactor machine

Turning Trash Gas into a Sustainable Energy Source

More and more landfills across the country are turning to new technologies designed to convert a potentially harmful byproduct of landfills, methane gas, into a usable source of energy.

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