Quoted in Honolulu Civil Beat article on Recycling and Waste to Energy issues.
- Panos Prevedouros, chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Hawaii Manoa, said burning recyclables would be better for the city’s pocketbook and the environment.
- The way Prevedouros sees it, more trash burned at H-POWER also means less fossil fuel consumed use to produce electricity.
- “We are resource-poor when it comes to generating electricity,” Prevedouros said, adding he thinks Honolulu should even consider importing trash from neighbor islands for incineration.
- Glass could also be crushed and mixed with asphalt to create “glassphalt” for road construction, said Prevedouros.
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