trash can be burned to provide energy
Waste‐to‐energy (WtE) or energy‐from‐waste (EfW)
refers to any waste treatment that creates energy in the
form of electricity or heat from a waste source.
y Such technologies reduce or eliminate waste that
otherwise would be transferred to a "greenhouse gas"
emitting landfill.
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y WtE is a form of energy recovery.
y Most WtE processes produce electricity directly through
combustion, or produce a combustible fuel commodity,
such as methane, methanol, ethanol or synthetic fuels.
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