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Burning garbage helps generate power at 30-year-old plant

A waste-to-energy facility in Lancaster County has combusted millions of waste for more than 30 years

A waste-to-energy facility in Lancaster County has combusted millions of waste for more than 30 years The Lancaster Solid Waste Management Authority has been able to combust 10.7 million tons of trash and power more than 800,000 homes Author: Victoria Lucas (WPMT) Updated: 10:49 PM EDT July 9, 2021 The Lancaster Solid Waste Management Authority has combusted the trash of thousands, (more than half a million) of people in Lancaster County with one goal in mind- to turn it into electricity. For 30 years, the CEO of LSWMA, Bob Zorbaugh says this process has powered more than 800,000 homes by combusting 10.7 million tons of trash. "We're combusting waste, at over 1800 degrees, we're heating water in boiler tubes into steam and then steam goes into a turbine and producing electricity," said Zorbaugh."

Burning garbage helps generate power at 30-year-old plant

Burning garbage helps generate power at 30-year-old plant SEAN SAURO, LNP newspaper FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Operators control large grappling hooks to move garbage into a chute where the waste falls into the incinerator to burn during a tour of the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority's waste-to-energy facility in Bainbridge, Pa., on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Suzette Wenger/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)Suzette Wenger/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8Debris and metal that went through the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority's incinerator, is pictured on the floor beside a pit at the waste-to-energy facility in Bainbridge, Pa., on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Suzette Wenger/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)Suzette Wenger/APShow MoreShow Less

Burning garbage fuels electricity generation at 30-year-old Lancaster County waste facility

Underground tunnel work to partially close Lancaster County trash facility for two months

A plan to repair a deteriorating, underground trucking tunnel will prevent commercial trash haulers from dumping garbage at a regular drop-off site in Manheim Township for about two months. That’ll be the case beginning June 12, when the $1 million repair project is scheduled to begin at the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority’s Transfer Station Complex at 1299 Harrisburg Pike. During the partial closure, county residents will still be able to drop off trash at that location — as long as they aren’t driving anything larger than a personal vehicle towing a single-axle trailer, said Bob Zorbaugh, the authority’s CEO.

Manor Township approves solid waste authority's request to extend hours, stockpile ash

When: Manor Township Supervisors meeting, April 5. What happened: The board approved two requests from the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, including a request to extend the hours of operation at the landfill during upcoming construction and a request in support of stockpiling ash for a 6-month trial period. The township will send a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection in support of the move. Background: According to Bob Zorbaugh of LCSWMA, the Inashco facility had approached DEP with a proposal that includes creating a visual screen around the ash stockpile. During a recent Zoom meeting hosted by LCSWMA for neighbors of the landfill, the authority did not receive any negative feedback. Zorbaugh said the extended hours are necessary during construction at the transfer station to accommodate the additional vehicles. The current hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday.