Seventy-one out of 72 York County municipalities have entered into or extended existing agreements with the York County Solid Waste Authority to deliver their municipal solid waste to the York County Resource Recovery Center for 25 years once the Center’s expansion is completed.  The agreements represent 97 percent of York County ’s municipal waste stream and assist in securing favorable financing for the expansion of the Resource Recovery Center .  

The Resource Recovery Center , a waste-to-energy facility, has been in operation for 19 years.  In the mid-1980’s, 66 out of 72 municipalities originally signed agreements with the Authority to deliver waste to the Resource Recovery Center.  Regardless, all 72 municipalities have delivered their waste to the facility since it began processing York County ’s garbage.

To plan for and accommodate the continued growth in York County ’s population, the Resource Recovery Center will add a 600 ton per day combustion unit to its existing facility to handle increased waste generation through approximately 2035.   

Notes Authority Executive Director Bill Ehrman, “Local municipal leaders of both yesterday and present day have clearly recognized the many ways York County benefits from waste-to-energy.  The Authority looks forward to continuing to provide them with a long-term guaranteed home for our municipal waste stream that is a source of green power, reduces our reliance on foreign oil, creates new jobs, reduces our carbon footprint and preserves our valuable land space.”  Permitting for the expansion project began in 2006 and is ongoing.  Construction for the new combustion unit is projected to begin sometime in 2009.