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Turning Waste Into Resources: Latin America’s Waste-to-Energy Landfills
Waste management is typically viewed as a resource intensive activity. Yet some urban areas in Latin America have managed to turn this idea on its head by converting waste into energy and profit.
Waste-to-Energy Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Center for American Progress Says WTE Reduces GHG
The Center for American Progress, a well respected think tank in Washington, DC, recently published a white paper entitled, "Energy From Waste Can Help Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions,"
New Study Published on Economic Benefits of WTE
Eileen Berenyi of Governmental Advisory Associates released a report entitled “Nationwide Economic Benefits of the Waste-to-Energy Sector,” which concludes that the total economic contribution of the United States waste-to-energy sector is $5.6 billion of gross economic sales output.
ERC Commends President Obama for Renewable Focus
The Energy Recovery Council, along with the Biomass Power Association and the National Hydropower Association, today praised the Obama Administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014. The budget contains a provision to permanently extend the production tax credit (PTC) for renewable energy sources.