In Burnaby, British Columbia (where I live), there's a waste-to-energy facility (WTEF) that has been operating since 1988. From their fact sheet [1]:
"Each year the WTEF turns 285,000 tonnes of garbage into steam and electricity. The steam is sold to a paper recycling facility, while the electricity sold to BC Hydro is enough to power 15,000 homes."
"Metals are magnetically removed from the bottom ash and sold to a recycling company to produce reinforcing steel."
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In Burnaby, British Columbia (where I live), there's a waste-to-energy facility (WTEF) that has been operating since 1988. From their fact sheet [1]:
"Each year the WTEF turns 285,000 tonnes of garbage into steam and electricity. The steam is sold to a paper recycling facility, while the electricity sold to BC Hydro is enough to power 15,000 homes."
"Metals are magnetically removed from the bottom ash and sold to a recycling company to produce reinforcing steel."
More details are in the fact sheet:
[1] http://www.metrovancouver.org/about/publications/Publication...