File Photo: Newsline/CCCA consortium of local and international businesses aims to build a waste-to-energy plant in South Canterbury, capable of preventing 350,000 tonnes of rubbish from going to landfill each year. Waste-to-energy plants generate energy by burning rubbish to create steam, which is then fed through a turbine to produce electricity. He said the rubbish burning process would produce water vapour, which is a potent greenhouse gas. He said to claim that the plant would produce renewable electricity was nonsense. "How can you produce renewable electricity if you are burning up non-renewable resources?

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2021 07:40 UTC