“Waste to Energy” is Wasteful & Uneconomical!
- EIA Releases New Generating Plant Capital Cost Data, Institute for Energy Research, November 23, 2010. (This report confirms the VERY high cost of using MSW to generate energy; this explains the requirement for municipal subsidies! — produced by U.S. Energy Information Administration.)
- Contractors Await Pay Years After Incinerator Work, ABC27, March 1, 2012.
- Harrisburg Incinerator Operator Has Right of First Refusal on Facility Sale, pennlive.com, March 20, 2012.
- More Upgrades Needed at Harrisburg, PA WTE Plant, Waste Recycling News, February 22, 2012.
- Burning Public Money for Dirty Energy, gaia, November 15, 2011.
- Burning More Wood is for Cavemen, TimesArgus.com, December 26, 2010.
- Burning Trash and Cash: Taxpayers Still on the Hook for Incinerators Born in 80′s Waste Crisis, Hill Country Observer-Cambridge, NY, by Tracy Frisch, May 2010.
- Waste-to-Energy Incineration is Both Noxious and Expensive, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, February 1, 2010.
- A Burning Issue The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis thinks that incinerators are bad news for local government and taxpayers and explains why incineration is a financial burden on the municipalities that bought into it.
- Continued Reliance on Incineration is an Economic Threat, by Joseph Miller, Oregon Physicians for Responsibility, January 20, 2010.
- Biomass is Not “Clean”, EcoLaw, December 2009.
- 20 reasons why incineration is a losing financial proposition for host communities from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
- Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste: Understanding the Costs & Financial Risks, Durham Environment Watch, April 2006.
- Waste Incinerator Myths (PDF)
- List of Malfunctions Known in Municipal Waste Incinerators, by Neil J. Carman, Ph.D., Clean Air Program Director, Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club. Dr. Carman spent 12 years inspecting incinerators & industrial facilities for the state of Texas, working on enforcement cases & lawsuits against polluters.
- Long Contracts . . . 10 Key Questions, Friends of the Earth, April 2009.
- Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Funding for Waste Infrastructure, Friends of the Earth, August 2008.