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Every year, our facility processes more than 289,000 tons of waste that would otherwise have ended up in landfills.
Less waste in landfills reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 267,000 tons of CO2. That’s like taking 52,000 passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
We use waste to produce 17 megawatts of electricity 24/7 - enough to power 1,000 homes for a year.
We also recover 9,400 tons of metal for recycling annually - enough to build 7,000 cars.
We care about our communities and operate well below emissions limits. Over 99.9 percent of what comes out of our plant’s stack is what you’d typically find in air - water vapor, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. The remaining constituents are well below federal and state standards.
The following data is presented in units required by the facility's permit as averaged emissions.
* Results are provided for informational purposes only. Data is posted 24 hours after completion of each day to allow for quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) review.
For more information on facility performance click here.
Waste-to-Energy takes non-hazardous waste - otherwise destined for landfill - and combusts it to generate steam for electricity generation. Ash is processed to recover metal for recycling while all gases are collected, filtered and cleaned before being released safely into the atmosphere.
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