Resource
Recovery
Center
Receives Combustion Facility Award from the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
June 20, 2007
CONTACT:
Ellen C. O'Connor
Phone:
717-845-1066
The
York
County
Resource
Recovery
Center
received the Large Combustion Facility Award from the Solid Waste Division
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) on May 21 at the
North American Waste-to-Energy Conference in Miami, Florida.
The award
recognizes outstanding efforts within a solid waste processing facility
for achieving combustion efficiency. The
award is based on the facility contributions to the field of solid waste
processing. The key selection
criteria included success in reaching facility goals, environmental
performance, innovative contributions to solid waste processing, facility
economics and safety, technical contributions to solid waste processing
and playing a key role in integrated waste management.
The
York
County
Resource
Recovery Center, in operation for
18 years, processes all of York
County’s combustible household waste and some types of manufacturing waste.
The facility uses three rotary combustion systems coupled with air
pollution control technology to safely convert waste to energy.
The facility produces enough continuous electricity to power 20,000
to 30,000 homes and saves 13 acres of land
(35 feet deep) and more than 528,000 barrels of oil annually.
In addition, the facility is a source of “green power”.
By replacing fossil fuels, waste-to-energy reduces greenhouse gases
such as methane and carbon dioxide. Ash
from the combustion process is recycled into an aggregate used in a
variety of construction applications.
The York
County Solid Waste Authority is the owner of the
York
County
Resource
Recovery Center. Veolia Environmental
Services, Inc. is the facility operator.
Veolia
operates nine resource recovery facilities in the
United States
and one in
Vancouver,
Canada. Veolia brings a strong background in environmental management and
an outstanding commitment to safety to the
York
County Resource Recovery Center. Veolia employs
52 people at the
York
facility.
The
North American Waste-to-Energy Conference is widely recognized as the
leading industry technical conference and trade show focusing on municipal
waste-to-energy. The
Conference is co-sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Integrated Waste Services Association, the Solid Waste
Association of North America and the Waste-to-Energy Research and
Technology Council at Columbia
University.
