Advantages Of Waste To Energy Plants

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Advantages of waste to energy plants.

Pros benefits of waste incineration waste to energy. Organic waste such as yard trimmings paper wood and food produces millions of tons of methane emissions at landfills every year in the u s but it could produce renewable natural gas and liquid fuels such as gasoline and diesel according to a study led by uisung lee of the department of energy s doe argonne national laboratory his paper published in the journal of cleaner production. Municipal waste to energy facilities are locally situated and this offers many advantages to the community. Montgomery county resource recovery facility in the us and edmonton incinerator in england are some of the examples of waste to energy plants.

Resource savings and recovery greatly expanded. Using of waste to generate electricity can help reduce fluctuations of price. Don t have to deal with some issues specific to landfill pursuing waste incineration over landfill means the environmental issues of leachate management and methane from decomposing organic waste in some landfills are reduced. These facilities burn garbage at a high temperature to boil water and power steam generators which then produces electricity that can be distributed on the power grid.

Stability in availability of energy and its price. Jobs are created taxes are paid supplies are purchased at local businesses and stores and energy is provided for a reasonable cost that does not pollute or harm the environment. Benefit to the local community and economy. As of 2016 there were approximately 2 200 waste to energy power plants in operation around the planet 6.

As waste to energy plants are generally setup locally it creates jobs the local community benefits and materials are sourced locally. 611 points out the major advantage of this technology is that it recycles household and industrial wastes and thereby reduces environment pollution to a considerable. Some european countries burn about half of their solid waste for energy in contrast to about 12 of waste burned for fuel in the us which reflects different cultures and opposing views on solid waste management. Producing steam at the huntsville waste to energy facility alone saves over 200 000 barrels of oil being used each year.