What a Waste-to-Energy Scrubber Actually Captures Isn't Dioxins
The scrubber strips acid gas; activated carbon and the baghouse catch waste to energy dioxins. What modern flue gas treatment really removes, myth by myth.
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152 Units, No Fixed Compliance Date: How the Large Municipal Waste Combustor Rule Hands Your Clock to the States
The large municipal waste combustor rule covers 152 units but sets no compliance date. Your state plan does, and if the state misses, EPA writes it instead.
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Which Waste Projects Actually Qualify for the Clean Electricity Tax Credit in 2026?
The clean electricity tax credit turns on a zero-emissions line, not on whether waste is renewable. What 45Y and 48E actually cover for waste in 2026.
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SB 1383 Compliance Costs More Than the Trucks. The Procurement Rule Is Why.
SB 1383 compliance isn't the green cart. The costly half is the procurement buy-back most California cities never budgeted, and penalties are now live.
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Waste-to-Energy Ash Is an Offtake Problem, Not a Disposal Line
Waste-to-energy ash disposal is a quarter of the input mass, and most US plants still landfill it. Bottom ash reuse and fly ash treatment decide the pro forma.
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Rhode Island Froze a $150M Sludge Pyrolysis Plant Over a Control Efficiency Nobody Could Measure
Rhode Island froze a fully permitted $150M plant. The real sludge pyrolysis permitting risk was a control efficiency nobody could actually measure.
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Waste to Biofuels Runs on a Credit With a Ceiling Almost Nobody Models
Waste to biofuels pro formas model D3 RIN upside the Clean Air Act won't allow. The cellulosic waiver credit caps it, and the cap moves with gasoline.
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EPA's Biosolids PFAS Guidance Binds No One. It Will Still Shrink Land Application Faster Than a Rule.
EPA's biosolids PFAS guidance is non-binding, which is exactly why it will shrink land application acreage before any Part 503 rulemaking arrives.
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Landfill Gas to Energy Is the Cheapest Megawatt in Waste. So Why Are Operators Leaving?
Landfill gas to energy is the cheapest baseload megawatt in waste, yet top operators are leaving the engine. Why the RNG molecule now beats the kilowatt-hour.
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Waste-to-Energy REC Eligibility: Maryland Deleted 14% of Its Tier 1 With One Sentence
Waste-to-energy REC eligibility died in Maryland's Tier 1 by statute, not economics. Why the REC was never an asset, and what to underwrite instead.
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Modular Waste Processing Sells a Schedule the Grid Won't Honor
Modular waste processing erects in four months, then waits years on an interconnection queue. Why the second module never lands, and what to sell instead.
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99.99 Percent Destruction Is the Easy Part of Hazardous Waste Treatment
EPA's June 2026 rule adds hydrogen fluoride and cyanide limits to hazardous waste treatment permits. The kiln will hit its numbers. The monitoring plan won't.
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Is Pyrolysis an Incinerator? EPA Buried the Question in an Air Curtain Rule.
EPA still hasn't settled the pyrolysis incinerator classification question, and the 10 TPD CEMS trigger decides your permit path before Section 129 ever does.
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