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New Hanover commissioners hear gasification pitch from MEP EnviroMed; staff urge caution
Summary
MEP EnviroMed presented a gasification proposal to process municipal solid waste in New Hanover County, claiming up to 1,100 tons per day capacity, a $270 million investment and roughly 220 local jobs; county staff said they would not recommend entering an agreement without further review and alternatives.
Representatives from MEP EnviroMed introduced a proposal to build a gasification facility to process municipal solid waste at the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting. Stuart Cook, introducing MEP, said the company has demonstration projects in North Carolina and elsewhere and described gasification as a long-established technology.
"We are not asking the county for any land, we're not asking the county for any money, we're not…
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