Waste-to-Energy

Once fully operational, the 144,000-square-foot plant will make clean cellulose, biogas, plastic products and fuel from plastics.

Detroit’s waste-to-energy plant announced it will cease operations, while Baltimore’s Clean Air Law targets two waste-to-energy plants.

The long-awaited facility is on track to begin accepting municipal waste on April 15 from more than 115 communities in Maine.

Since its launch, the partnership has converted 4 million pounds of marine debris to energy.

The concept of burning trash and extracting energy to make electricity has been a tough sell in the U.S. Here is a look at what is going on in various regions across the country.

Covanta and Green Investment Group will each own 40 percent of the facility, and Veolia ES Limited will own the remaining 20 percent.

The facility promises to convert 180,000 tons of food waste a year to biogas to fuel a power plant, vehicles and other equipment.

The county is expected to receive $840,000 for facility reconstruction after Hurricane Michael.

The proposed facility planned to take in 150,000 tons of municipal solid waste a year and turn it into fuel for factories making cement.

The bill would prohibit the state from issuing permits for a trash incinerator in the Oswego/Finger Lakes Watershed. There are identical bills in the Assembly and Senate.