Waste-to-energy: A review of the status and benefits in USA

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Waste Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020· OSTI ID:21217171

Bourka, A ^[1]; Themelis, N J ^[2]

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1. EPTA Ltd., Environmental Consultants-Engineers, 15 Olofytou Street, GR 11142 Athens (Greece)
2. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)

The USA has significant experience in the field of municipal solid waste management. The hierarchy of methodologies for dealing with municipal solid wastes consists of recycling and composting, combustion with energy recovery (commonly called waste-to-energy) and landfilling. This paper focuses on waste-to-energy and especially its current status and benefits, with regard to GHG, dioxin and mercury emissions, energy production and land saving, on the basis of experience of operating facilities in USA.

• OSTI ID: 21217171
• Journal Information: Waste Management, Vol. 29, Issue 5; Conference: 1. international conference on environmental management, engineering, planning and economics (CEMEPE), Skiathos (Greece), 24-28 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020; PII: S0956-053X(08)00406-6; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0956-053X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMBUSTION
COMPOSTING
DIOXIN
ENERGY RECOVERY
MERCURY
RECYCLING
SOLID WASTES