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."