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More companies are avoiding landfills as part of sustainability goals and are instead burning their waste to convert it to energy.
Waste-to-energy facilities offer significant environmental protection, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and play an important complementary role in recycling efforts, according to a new City College of New York report that reviewed the most up-to-date scientific studies of the industry.
MRC towns to weigh in as sale proceeds HAMPDEN — If all goes as planned, employees could start returning to work at the shuttered waste processing facility in Hampden as soon as Monday, June 14, said Robert Van Naarden, CEO of Delta Thermo Energy (DTE), at an online meeting of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) on April 28. Van Naarden said he hopes to have the plant accepting full loads of waste and recycling from all 115 member towns within nine months after the company closes on the deal. It is expected to close in early June. “We have done a significant amount of due diligen...
Hampden waste plant deal expected to close in early June HAMPDEN — If all goes as planned, employees could start returning to work at the shuttered waste processing facility in Hampden as soon as Monday, June 14, said Robert Van Naarden, CEO of Delta Thermo Energy (DTE), at an online meeting of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) on Wednesday morning. Van Naarden said he hopes to have the plant accepting full loads of waste and recycling from all 115 member towns within nine months after the company closes on the deal. It is expected to close in early June. “We have done a significant am...