Waste-to-energy is a broad market category. However, the overarching theme is repurposing and diverting landfill-bound waste. Materials with long lifespans occupying space in landfills which cannot be recycled are converted into energy.
By burning organic waste that would otherwise be landfill-bound, the waste-to-energy industry effectively reduces the emission intensity from methane in landfills, which has a global warming potential 28 times greater than carbon dioxide
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