52.50% - Stockholm heats a quarter million homes on waste incineration; Japan has hundreds of plants operating safely near residential neighborhoods — we built a few in the 1970s and then dumped in landfills ever since.
37.50% - Incineration with energy recovery beats landfill on greenhouse gases, land use, and methane — landfill methane is 25x more potent than CO2, and waste-to-energy is the answer we keep ignoring.
10.00% - Plant-based materials in an incinerator release carbon that's part of the natural cycle — completely different math from burning fossil fuels.
Municipal solid waste incinerators recover nearly all ferrous metals through magnetic separation.
63.46% - Stockholm heats a quarter million homes on waste incineration; Japan has hundreds of plants operating safely near residential neighborhoods — we built a few in the 1970s and then dumped in landfills ever since.
23.08% - Plant-based materials in an incinerator release carbon that's part of the natural cycle — completely different math from burning fossil fuels.
13.46% - Incineration with energy recovery beats landfill on greenhouse gases, land use, and methane — landfill methane is 25x more potent than CO2, and waste-to-energy is the answer we keep ignoring.
50.00% - Municipal solid waste incinerators recover nearly all ferrous metals through magnetic separation.
50.00% - Modern waste incinerators recover metals, generate energy, and reduce landfill volume in a single process.
0.00% - Municipal solid waste incinerators recover nearly 100% of ferrous metals.
50.00% - Mercury (element)