With many Plainfield residents already feeling besieged by a wave of mega-warehouses and jumbo distribution centers, the proposal to build an 81-acre regional trash “gasification” incinerator near the ...

The trash-hauling giant creates a joint venture called S4 Energy Solutions to build plasma gasification systems that convert separated industrial wastes into electricity and liquid fuels. Martin ...

Residents of Plainfield, Connecticut, are resisting a proposed trash-to-energy plant, fearing environmental harm and air ...

Believing that two landfills in a city of 12,000 is two too many, officials in southwest suburban Morris are hoping an upstart company and its new technology will help it transform the town’s garbage ...

Towns in central and northern Maine were seeking a workable alternative to landfills and incinerators when they engaged Fiberight to build a municipal solid-waste-processing unit in the town of ...

Waste gasification, a process for converting garbage into fuel and electricity without incinerating it, may be a step closer to large-scale commercialization. Last week, Houston’s Waste Management, a ...

This week, city counselors in Ottawa, Ontario, unanimously approved a new waste-to-energy facility that will turn 400 metric tons of garbage per day into 21 megawatts of net electricity–enough to ...

The time is now to focus on stretching goals to deal with sustainability. The decision that went into effect January 2018 by China’s government (“National Sword”) to stop accepting all United States ...

What’s in your trash? Orlando and Orange County think there might be fuel to make electricity, leaving a residue that can be processed for valuable metals and even construction materials. The idea ...