WEST WARWICK To many, a proposed plant that would use medical waste to generate power is not the high-tech, green solution to the state’s trash problem that developer MedRecycler claims it would be.
They raised a litany of concerns with regulators at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, calling the project a threat to the environment and public health and questioning how an application that they described as flawed has gotten this far in the approval process.
The materials submitted by the developer are missing a required approval from the State Planning Council, a final approval from the West Warwick Planning Board, detailed safety and spill-response plans and proof that the technology works, lawyers for the Town of East Greenwich and abutters said.