Emissions

The EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program has 1,100 partners who tap into varied supports, sometimes to develop first-of-a-kind projects that have gone on to serve as industry models.

The facility is processing approximately 1,800 tonnes of solid waste per day and diverting post-recycled residual waste from landfills.

The $59 million facility is the first WTE plant in Southeast Asia to meet European emission standards.

Waste360 spoke with Susan Robinson, public federal affairs director at Waste Management, about how new performance metrics could better sustainable materials management in the future.

Waste Management is among 5 percent of companies participating in CDP’s climate change program to be featured on the 2017 Climate A List.

Follow-up lab tests have confirmed that one well at the Camden, Tenn., landfill contains levels of this carcinogenic metal above those accepted by the EPA.

The new plant closes the loop on waste by turning landfill gas, which was previously flared, into electricity.

Recent groundwater tests revealed more than five times the acceptable amount of cadmium.

The system will help protect buildings and homes from the potentially explosive gas, which constantly seeps from decomposing waste underneath the soil at the landfill.