"For the past 20 years, municipalities have had few choices for disposing of solid waste. If landfills were nearing capacity, cities were usually forced to spend millions of dollars to design, permit, and build a new one—despite issues with odor, greenhouse gas emissions, and pollution.
That changed in July 2015, when the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Fla., began operating Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No. 2. It is the first greenfield waste-to-energy plant for municipal solid waste built in the United States in two decades. With combustion and air pollution equipment designed and supplied by The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W), the new facility addresses the pollution and cost issues that stopped municipalities from building waste-to-energy plants for two decades. This is a technology that can change how local governments approach solid waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability.
Based on data from month-long acceptance tests, the Palm Beach facility ranks as the cleanest, most efficient plant of its kind in the world. It generates enough electricity to power 44,000 homes while reducing the volume of waste to be landfilled by 90 percent—enough to extend the lifespan of Palm Beach County’s landfill by up to 30 years."
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/clean-power-from-burning-trash
That changed in July 2015, when the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Fla., began operating Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No. 2. It is the first greenfield waste-to-energy plant for municipal solid waste built in the United States in two decades. With combustion and air pollution equipment designed and supplied by The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W), the new facility addresses the pollution and cost issues that stopped municipalities from building waste-to-energy plants for two decades. This is a technology that can change how local governments approach solid waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability.
Based on data from month-long acceptance tests, the Palm Beach facility ranks as the cleanest, most efficient plant of its kind in the world. It generates enough electricity to power 44,000 homes while reducing the volume of waste to be landfilled by 90 percent—enough to extend the lifespan of Palm Beach County’s landfill by up to 30 years."
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/clean-power-from-burning-trash