Mining landfills for recyclables

Journal Article · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · BioCycle; (United States)

OSTI ID:5250710

Spencer, R

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) began a landfill reclamation experiment in Edinburgh, NY, a rural community in the Adirondack Park. According to NYSERDA's Fact Sheet about the project, landfill reclamation is a process of excavating a landfill using conventional surface mining technology to recover metals, glass, plastics and combustibles, soils, and the land resource itself. The recovered site can then be either upgraded into a state-of-the-art landfill, if appropriate, closed or redeveloped for some other suitable purpose. As an energy-related public benefit corporation, NYSERDA is particularly interested in the potential energy value of combustible material reclaimed from landfills. With an energy content of over 11 million BTUs per ton, this translates to the energy equivalent of 275 million barrels of oil.

• OSTI ID: 5250710
• Journal Information: BioCycle; (United States), Vol. 32:2; ISSN 0276-5055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
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