[GreenYes] plasma

["Marjorie J. Clarke, Ph.D." <mclarke@no.address>]

The thing about plasma or incineration or WTE is that once you have 
bought the plant, you need to feed it with materials that might be 
recyclable, reusable, compostable or preventable and pay off the 
considerable debt service.  This discourages development of new 
technologies, legislation, practices, research etc into the 
aforementioned four preferable methods.  The only way I have heard to 
have both is to have small scale WTE with all the best controls 
(Enercon / Vicon proposed this once) on flatbed trailers and back 
them out one at a time as your upper end hierarchy methods gain in 
use.  Then you minimize landfilling (or in the case of NYC, transfer, 
export and landfilling) while not adversely impacting the quest for 
zero waste.  Plant sizing is critical in this.


Maggie Clarke, Ph.D.
mclarke@no.address
Environmental Scientist and Educator
http://geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~mclarke/index.html
New York City  



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