Waste-to-Energy

The measure for Covanta’s WTE facility has been moved to the House Rules Committee for possible negotiations.

The goal covers dominant greenhouse gases from Dominion’s electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations.

Lawmakers held off voting on the bill, which seeks to force large generators of food waste to recycle or compost the material.

The facility will provide thermal treatment for 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste per year and generate up to 42 megawatts of low carbon electricity.

Three bills call for wastewater treatment, battery storage facilities and solar panels on the city’s Rikers Island.

Athens has purchased a machine called an Organic Separation Press, where organic waste is digested for energy production or composted.

This marks a 30 percent jump from the previous year and a strong finish in transit and solid waste.