It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity ...

After months of debate, commissioners vote to build a new waste-to-energy plant at least half a mile from homes.

Making and testing energy-smart bricks Regular bricks are made of clay, water, and sand. However, energy-smart bricks use 20 percent coal ash and 15 percent fine glass waste.

Long Island’s four waste-to-energy plants, formerly branded and operated by Covanta, which was taken over by Swedish conglomerate EQT Infrastructure in 2021 and renamed Reworld, burn more than ...