Wheelabrator opened the first commercially successful waste-to-energy facility in Saugus, Mass., in 1975. Three decades later, it is still operating

17 waste-to-energy facilities are currently in operation with a combined processing capacity of more than 23,000 tons/day of municipal solid waste and an electric generating capacity of 669 megawatts (MW)

Studies have shown that waste-to-energy plants prevent the release of millions of tons of greenhouse gases