Covanta, Clean Energy Fuels to open CNG fueling station for NYC and N.J.

The CNG fuel will power garbage trucks in both New Jersey and New York City.

By Shauna Blackmon • June 6, 2013

Penn. county close to buying controversal incinerator

Lancaster County wants to purchase an Act 47 “distressed” incinerator from indebted neighboring county.

By Shauna Blackmon • June 3, 2013

Stericycle caught falsifying emission records

The medical waste incinerator was caught putting more toxins into the air than they claimed.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 31, 2013

UK launches first waste-to-fuel station

The station will use landfill waste to power the country’s large trucks.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 23, 2013

Austin lawmakers regulate food waste

Restaurants have four years to face regulations prohibiting them from throwing away food scraps.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 23, 2013

Tidy Planet joins KFC for waste-to-energy project

The food waste company is helping KFC reuse materials to help power their stores.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 22, 2013

Police seize incinerator from possible killer

The unrecognizable body of a missing Canadian father was found on a farm with an industrial sized incinerator.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 17, 2013

Glendale, Ariz. may get first next-gen waste-to-energy plant in U.S.

The new $110 million plant will be up to higher environmental standards and will accept many forms of waste.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 7, 2013

New Ind. county waste chairman rejects unproven disposal methods

Waste-to-energy is proving to be too risky for Lake County, Indiana.

By Shauna Blackmon • May 7, 2013

New York City pilots composting program

After a positive test run, one apartment complex in Manhattan will receive nearly daily organic waste pickup.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 22, 2013

Vadxx plans $12M-$20M plastic-to-oil facility in Cleveland

The waste-to-energy facility is expected to produce 100K barrels of synthetic crude oil every year.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 15, 2013

Sewer fats to fuel waste-to-energy plant in London

The waste-to-energy facility is expected to be up and running by 2015.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 10, 2013

New biomass camera monitors combustion in incinerators

According to the Lenox Instrument Company, getting a look inside incinerators can help lower costs and reduce accidents.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 9, 2013

Researcher finds way to make hydrogen gas from waste-to-energy ash

A researcher at Sweden's Lund University has found a use for waste incinerators' leftover bottom ash.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 9, 2013

Calif. to power wastewater facility with biogas

The wastewater facility unanimously voted to use the renewable power source to cut back energy costs.  

By Shauna Blackmon • April 5, 2013

Waste-to-energy market to hit $29B in 2015

A new report anticipates explosive gains in the waste-to-energy space in the coming years.

By Shauna Blackmon • April 3, 2013

Landfill biogas purification project gets $1.5M

Biogas can be used for injecting natural gas into pipelines, for higher food grade utilization of carbon dioxide and upgrading transportation fuel.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 19, 2013

Mich. prisons to stop buying steam from incinerator

This will result in a $2.4 million revenue loss for Jackson County, which operates the incinerator.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 19, 2013

Calif. upholds right to use recycled biosolids

The court of appeals has upheld farmers’ rights to use recycled biosolids.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 14, 2013

RenuEn picks contractor for Florida waste-to-energy project

RenuEn Corp. will start building the new landfill gas-to-energy facility soon.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 13, 2013

Biogas tax credit proposed in Senate

If passed, the law would give biogas producers the same tax credit other renewable energy producers already receive.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 8, 2013

Anaergia biogas facility opens in Indiana

The new biogas facility will save Anaergia millions of dollars in fuel costs every year.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 8, 2013

$650M ski resort to encircle waste-to-energy incinerator

Developers in Copenhagen, Denmark have started to build a beautiful ski resort around a waste-to-energy plant.

By Shauna Blackmon • March 6, 2013

Controversial tire incinerator closes for good

After years of violating pollution laws, the Ford Heights incinerator in Chicago will close, leaving just one tire incinerator in the U.S.

By Shauna Blackmon • Feb. 27, 2013

California Energy Commission backs waste-to-fuel companies

The state is working towards having 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on the road by 2025.

By Shauna Blackmon • Feb. 20, 2013