Australia's First Major Waste-to-Energy Plant Sparks Debate

The first major waste-to-energy power plant in Australia recently began operations, marking a new era of waste burning. Australia has started developing several waste-to-energy power plants in a bid to incinerate household waste, instead of sending it to landfill, to produce electricity. While this could help reduce the number of landfills across the country, many environmentalists worry that it could cause more harm than good.  Waste-to-energy plants are facilities that burn municipal solid waste in boilers to produce steam and generate electricity.…