Limited Solid Waste Recycling Raises Fears Over Increased Gasification

摘要

Activists fear that ongoing stagnation in municipal recycling - a problem that EPA has pledged to help address, despite making cuts to its voluntary recycling programs in its fiscal year 2011 budget proposal - may inspire communities to pursue unproven and potentially hazardous plasma arc and gasification incinerator technology to manage their waste.rnThe concern from some environmental groups comes as local governments in St. Lucie County, FL, and New Orleans are moving forward with years-delayed efforts to build gasification facilities.