I live in Oregon, and you might be interested to know that Marion County in Oregon, USA, has an Energy from Waste facility that has been in operation since 1987. The facility processes 550 tons per day of municipal solid waste, which generates up to 13.1 megawatts of renewable energy. I believe there are about 75 such facilities in the USA. It's not much, but it's a start. You might like to check out these sights:
www.Covanta.com/Our-Facilities/Covanta-Marion ----- as well as:
www.oregonmetro.gov/news/powering-homes-garbage
And, yes, we need to do much more of this in the USA.
Yes, i know of them. I also know of many that were never built... because the trash people couldn't talk to the power people... grrrrr.
There was one set to go on-line, but the investors wanted to patent it, but the inventor wouldn't do it, saying it is for the good of humanity. The investors dumped the project.
But really, we should be burning all the plastic rubbish. Trucking the shit back to the plant for recycling wastes more oil than making them anew.
(unless you recycle locally, which is totally possible.)
Thanks for the links. I hope all the cities get their own.
I agree!!