What
is Waste-to-Energy? Waste-to-Energy
is the process of making clean and renewable energy
from garbage
by burning
it.
About
Waste-to-Energy
What
Happens at the
Waste-to-Energy
plant?
Garbage
from Broward County
homes is dumped from
garbage trucks onto
a large tipping or
receiving floor.
Two large cranes pick
up the garbage in
batches. The garbage
is lifted into a
chute or shaft that
feeds directly into
an incinerator. As
the garbage is burned,
the steam creates
energy that powers
turbine generators,
which generate electricity.