
Originally Posted by
hills
It doesn't seem to be a problem. Our current municipal waste - to- electrical energy plant has been in operation for 30 years now.
The one scheduled to come on line is next gen. A bit more technologically advanced.
The environmental regs here in Maine are pretty strict. The waste to energy plants would never get state approval if they weren't burning clean.
To me: It makes more sense to extract energy at end of life than to just pitch it into a landfill somewhere.
Yep, sounds like a good idea to me!
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