As things now stand, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Martin Suuberg alerted officials and WIN Waste Innovations that the agency wouldn’t support expansion of the ash landfill where refuse incinerated at the trash-to-energy plant is deposited
Revere city councilors oppose Wheelabrator Saugus ash landfill expansion
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Ten Revere city councilors endorsed a letter sent to the Wheelabrator Subcommittee in which they expressed opposition to any further expansion of the ash landfill operated by the Wheelabrator Saugus trash-to-energy plant.
In the letter, the city councilors point out that a Wheelabrator representative alluded at a previous subcommittee meeting to wanting the ash landfill to go higher than the 50 feet that is currently permitted.
Wheelabrator is currently operating under a valley fill permit with capacity to dispose of ash in the landfill into the fourth quarter of 2024.
Revere residents often bear the brunt of noise and odors coming from the Wheelabrator plant, the city councilors contended.
Wheelabrator Saugus to install improved silencer system
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Wheelabrator Saugus plans to have a new silencer system in place this spring that will reduce the noise coming from the trash-to-energy plant when steam must be vented.
Wheelabrator Vice Preisdent of Environmental, Health & Safety James Connolly informed the Wheelabrator Subcommittee that the drag valve silencer system is expected to result in a direct and significant improvement for noise levels when steam is vented at the facility.
As part of the process of converting waste into energy at Wheelabrator, high-temperature steam is produced and directed to the turbine to generate electricity for the local power grid.