A design team of more than 100 engineers and personnel is putting the finishing touches on plans for a new, $170-million waste processing facility on Prince Edward Island that will convert municipal solid waste and scrap wood into power for the province’s district energy network. The facility will be capable of processing 90 per cent of the province’s total black cart residential waste, diverting up to 49,000 tonnes of solid waste from going to the landfill annually. Energy from the plant and an attached wood biomass facility will provide power to connected customers. It’s an approach that has not yet been taken by any other energy-from-waste facilities in North America, with most incorporating either turbines or small hot water heating systems. …Using solid waste instead of sending it to landfill will lead to a savings of up to 908,000 tonnes of CO2 by 2052.