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Keeping It
Burning
Trash-to-energy industry strives
to stay viable as recycling increases
By Brad Kane
T
he recycling rate is increasing.
The price of electricity is dropping.
The cost of supporting renewable
power is falling.
This is all good news in making sustainabil-
ity more affordable in Connecticut, but these
factors are throwing one of the state's oldest,
most progressive eco-friendly industries into
crisis: trash-to-energy.
Josh Gookin of Covanta
works the claw at the
company's Preston facility,
which sells its electricity to
Connecticut Light & Power.
PhoTo | STEVE LaSChEVER
