WASTE-TO-ENERGY

Municipal solid waste: More commonly known as trash or garbage. Consists of everyday items used and then throw away, such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries. This comes from homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses.

Revenue: Revenue is the money generated from normal business operations, calculated as the average sales price times the number of units sold.

Waste-to-Energy: Term used to describe various technologies that convert non-recyclable waste into usable forms of energy including heat, fuels and electricity.

Waste-to-Energy Plant: Facility that incinerates waste for energy recovery. In these plants the waste is burned to capture the heat from the burning process and produce steam, which is used to generate electricity or heat.