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Written by Pat Proano Our cities and counties, including the County of Los Angeles, continue to be recognized for excellence and achievement in the restoration of multiuse ecosystems and the development of sustainable capital projects that consistently earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. We have become master recyclers and maintain some of the highest recycling rates in the nation. In Los Angeles alone, we recycle nearly two-thirds of our trash. But despite this...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Technology, Wastes
Written by Barry Stevens Waste-to-energy is a multifaceted concept; it means different things to different people, is underestimated in complexity, and is questionable in terms of profitability and carbon neutrality. Waste can be solid or liquid. Gaseous waste products are referred to as emissions. Energy can be a stream of electrons injected into the grid as electricity, or it can take the form of such combustible commodities as ethanol or synthetic fuels. The emissions from converting solid waste...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Wastes, WTE
By John Trotti
Of course times are changing. For many of us there’s a deep concern as to whether the public and our elected officials are adequately prepared for the kinds of waste management decisions that we’re all going to have to make in the very near future. For more than two decades, our activities reflected a waste management hierarchy rooted in the beliefs that landfilling and waste-to-energy practices held the potential for environmental disaster, yet despite the high degree of lip service given to the upper ...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Management, Wastes
By Jeremy K O'Brien
Waste conversion technologies (WCTs) are non-incineration technologies that are used to convert the non-recyclable portion of the municipal solid wastestream to electricity, fuels, and/or industrial chemical feedstocks. Interest is growing in the demonstration and commercialization of WCTs due to their potential role in addressing renewable energy mandates and green jobs initiatives as well as meeting local solid waste management needs. There are a number of important reasons why SWANA members and other...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Technology, Wastes
By Carol Brzozowski
Conversion technologies enable the co-production of advanced biofuels, green power, and other bio-based products from organic wastes and hydrocarbons, taking the world beyond the use of food resources in the production of biofuels, one association points out.
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From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Technology, WTE
By Robert Hauser Jr.
It can take five to seven years to implement a new facility. Siting, permitting, and funding will continue to be issues, as they are for most solid waste facilities, but can be addressed and overcome.... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Conversion, Legal-Regulatory, Technology