Energy Recovery

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Energy recovery is the process by which municipal solid waste is converted into renewable energy. Energy recovery is happening right now, powering homes and businesses, and it’s helping to address our growing population’s biggest challenges: energy independence, waste diversion, and climate change.

On this site you’ll find helpful resources and information that will help you better understand energy recovery.  There are links [above] to additional resources as well as items in the news.

	In the News D.C.'s Trash is Now Fairfax Facility's Treasured Commodity [The Washington Post, 5/15/2010] Nations Embrace Waste-to-Energy Plants; U.S. Shies from Idea [Green Chip Stocks, 4/29/2010] Power from Trash [New York Times, 4/27/2010] Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags [New York Times, 4/12/2010]