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Renewable Energy Recovery

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Even when waste is too complex or too risky to fully repurpose, there are still opportunities to create value from it. Utilizing industry-leading technology, we transform these unsalvageable, post-recycled materials into renewable, carbon-negative energy.

Empower your sustainability efforts.

Renewable energy recovery, a process made possible at thermomechanical treatment facilities, is a powerful tool in helping businesses and communities achieve their sustainability goals. Not only does it safely and effectively manage their unrecyclable waste materials—it enables them to generate eco-friendly steam and electricity through waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion and composting technologies.

Extract the most value possible from your materials.

Renewable energy recovery solutions are a great way to manage the final bits of waste materials that are unfit for recycling. They’ll reduce your environmental footprint, protect your brand and create value that will ultimately benefit your bottom line. 
Powerful landfill diversion

Prevents post-recycled materials from being sent to landfills, where they would accumulate and force landfills to expand as waste continues to be produced.

A carbon-negative energy source

Renewable generation of steam and electricity that outperforms wind and solar when the avoided environmental impacts of waste are considered.

Innovative GHG mitigation

Avoids landfill-induced greenhouse gases and has highly stringent emission standards, ultimately preventing millions of tons of emissions from entering the atmosphere.

A shield against waste

Protects people and the planet by eliminating waste materials that could contaminate soils and waterways, harm communities or businesses, and adversely affect ecosystems.

Supports thorough recycling

Recovers and recycles metals and other resources that are too fine or complex for standard systems, including ash.

An asset to circularity

Synergizes with other solutions to reduce waste, uncover new sustainability opportunities and close the loop on most supply chains.

A driving force for renewable credits

When accounting for the emissions avoided due to landfill diversion, renewable energy recovery is considered a rare source of carbon-negative energy.

As a result, this solution is an ideal partner to ReCredit, our sustainable carbon offsets that leverages ReworldTM technology to generate RECs that are 10x more impactful than those derived from wind or solar energy sources.

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Dive deeper into the truth behind waste-to-energy

Read our e-book for more details on renewable energy recovery solutions, such as waste-to-energy, and how they can be leveraged to discover value beyond disposal.

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Benefiting the well-being of business, people and beyond

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    Safety

    Waste is efficiently and environmentally destroyed and transformed into energy to power companies and communities, creating cycles that optimize resource value, reduce carbon footprints and regenerate ecosystems.

  • Assurance-TEAL

    Assurance

    Waste is diligently and discreetly rendered unrecoverable, mitigating liabilities that compromise privacy, expose intellectual property and impact brand reputation.

  • Sustainability-TEAL

    Sustainability

    Waste is efficiently and environmentally destroyed and transformed into energy to power companies and communities, creating cycles that optimize resource value, reduce carbon footprints and regenerate ecosystems.

Take a virtual tour of a thermomechanical treatment facility.

See the science behind waste-to-energy recovery and find out how this solution transforms unsalvageable waste into a renewable, carbon-negative source of energy that powers homes and businesses.

More about Renewable Energy Recovery

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Resource Reuse & Recycling