Detroit incinerator that turns waste to energy is shutting down
Associated Press
Detroit Renewable Power s trash-to-energy incinerator on Russell Street in Detroit.
A company can no longer burn trash at a Detroit incinerator as part of an agreement with the state.
Detroit Renewable Power has entered into an agreement to resolve violations of air quality and waste management rules, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Trash burned at the incinerator created electricity and steam used by homes and buildings in and around downtown.
Three boilers at the facility are required to permanently shut down, and the company also must pay a $200,000 penalty for air quality violations.
Plans for Detroit s largest incinerator would change east side neighborhood
Detroit
Owners of a shuttered waste incinerator on the east side are in talks with the city over a plan to raze the facility as soon as this summer.
Todd Grzech, CEO of Detroit Thermal, told The News on Wednesday that the company, which holds a 14-year lease of the city-owned site on Russell Street, is contemplating a plan to end the lease early, and as a component, embark on what he expects will be a two-year teardown process of the incinerator. We are looking at the beginning of demolition of that facility in a very short period of time. That would cover taking basically everything down to the ground, he said. If people (in the neighborhood) see it physically coming down, it ll get them to believe it. That s the key.