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Committee declines to advance citizen gasification/incineration article, urges staff monitoring
Summary
A citizen warrant article asked the town to 'get in the queue' for gasification/pyrolysis solid-waste technology; consultants told the committee no proven commercial mixed-waste systems operate in the U.S., and the committee voted to take no action while maintaining town monitoring.
A citizen-sponsor presentation urged the Finance Committee to place pyrolysis/gasification/incineration technology "in the queue" for Nantucket solid-waste management. Cliff said proponents were working with outside experts and pilots and argued for preparatory town authorization so Nantucket could act quickly when the technology matured.
Solid-waste consultant George Aronson told the committee bluntly, "There is no pyrolysis or gasification system working…
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