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June 15, 2009: BREDL co-releases a new report by Global Alliance
for Incinerator Alternatives. The Report - An Industry Blowing
Smoke - outlines 10 reasons why gasification, Pyrolysis &
Plasma Incineration are not "green solutions". |
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June 2010: The Case Against Plasma Arc Waste Incineration: The St. Lucie
Geoplasma facility would be a Title V Major Source of air
pollution. The facility would emit high levels of hazardous air
pollutants including hydrochloric acid. Similar to most
incinerators, the St. Lucie Geoplasma facility will have a bypass
stack which will be used in case of upsets such as sudden
increases in synthetic gas production. Dioxins and furans, common
toxic byproducts of older mass-burn incinerators, are also
emitted by plasma acre gasification systems. |
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On Monday at the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners
meeting the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League will release
a report on plasma arc incineration. Louis Zeller, the
League’s Science Director, will present the report and
recommend a moratorium on waste incineration, including plasma
arc. |
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February 2009: BREDL revises our April 2002 report: Waste Gasification - impacts on the environment
and public health
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Oct. 19, 2005: BREDL comments on Green-e's proposal to
certify municipal solid waste gasification as an eligible
renewable energy resource. Green-e is the nation's
leading independent certification and verification
program for renewable energy products. The Green-e
Standard establishes the technical criteria that
electricity products must meet to be eligible for Green-e
certification. Find
out more about Green-e
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Sept. 02, 2002: Claude Ward's letter to Duplin County, NC
Board of Commissioners regarding proposed gasification
project. The Board voted
against the proposal in Sept.
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April 12, 2002: Lou Zeller's
letter to Citizens for a
Safe Environment regarding Global Waste
International response to
questions about gasification
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BREDL report: Incineration and Gasification: A Toxic
Comparison
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Pyrolysis
and Thermal Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste fact
sheet
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