Dive summary:
- Massachusetts just adopted a 10-year Solid Waste Master Plan that will help the state become zero waste by using a number of tools including an incinerator.
- Incineration was temporarily banned but now alternative technologies like gasification or pyrolysis are allowed again under the limit of 350,000 tons a year.
- New incinerators are prohibited from being built but ones already in existence can start back up.
From the article:
The plan, which has a target to reduce waste by 30% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050, will modify the decade-long incinerator moratorium in the state, the report said.
The moratorium on incineration was lifted because of projected capacity shortfalls of 700,000 tons in 2020, according to the report. The use of alternative technologies like gasification or pyrolysis will be limited statewide to 350,000 tons per year, the report said. ...
