PFAS, often called "forever chemicals," present in municipal solid waste can survive the high temperatures of waste incineration and continue to spread into the environment via residues from waste ...

In 2016, Bangkok opened its first waste-to-energy incinerator in the district of Nong Khaem, turning up to 500 metric tons of solid waste into electricity every day. The 9.8 megawatt incinerator ...

The decision of whether waste-to-energy (WTE) remains in Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard should be based on facts that haven’t been handpicked to promote trash incineration as a ...

MANILA, Philippines—As the Philippine government taps waste-to-energy (WTE) technology as a renewable energy resource and a solution to the country’s solid waste management problem, scientists ...

Dutchess County’s Resource Recovery Facility uses a waste-to-energy incinerator. ... In New York, the DEC lists a recycling rate in 2018 of just under 20 percent for municipal solid waste.

But incineration and other “waste-to-energy” projects may pose dangers to the environment. ... 16 U.S. states consider municipal solid waste, including the plastics in it, ...

Here’s a rendering of a planned new Miami-Dade waste-to-energy incinerator that will process 4,000 tons of trash a day. ... our goal is to reduce the environmental burden of municipal solid waste.

For decades, Victorians burned their rubbish in backyard incinerators. It's now back in vogue, with five waste-to-energy facilities under development across the state.