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Waste‑to‑energy plan pushed as landfill nears capacity; proponent seeks Mayor’s Council support
Summary
Dave Sablan of Guam Resource Recovery Partners told the Mayor’s Council that a waste‑to‑energy plant could cut landfill volume 90 percent, produce electricity and cost about $200 million; he requested a council resolution to advance the project to the legislature.
Dave Sablan, representing Guam Resource Recovery Partners, briefed the Mayor’s Council of Guam on Feb. 5 about a proposed waste‑to‑energy (incineration with energy recovery) project and asked the council for support in moving a resolution and legislative action.
Sablan said a properly designed facility would burn the combustible fraction of municipal solid waste, produce steam to run turbines and generate electricity, and reduce landfill volume by about 90 percent. “The incinerator boils the water, the water creates steam, the steam turns the turbine, the turbine turns the generator, and you have electricity,” Sablan told…
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