Plasco provides the very best environmental and economic option for dealing with residual waste and generating clean, green electricity:
Plasco finances the construction and commissioning of its own facilities. That means taxpayers aren’t asked to shoulder the financial burden of building a facility.
Plasco earns revenue primarily through the sale of electricity and tipping fees for the waste we process. The market determines electricity prices, and tipping fees are set in a long-term contract so the community can be secure in knowing the costs.
The primary requirements to build a facility are: a guaranteed waste stream, guaranteed sale of electricity and a location.
Plasco facilities are built in identical 100 tonne-per-day modules. This ensures the highest level of quality and allows a facility to be constructed and commissioned in a single year.
Plasco is proud of its technology and environmental excellence. We show it off and it builds strong community support. Open and transparent community engagement through planning, building and operation of a facility is just part of the way we operate.
Until now, waste has been a problem typically managed by shipping it long distances for disposal. This results in serious emissions from trucking and shifts the environmental burden to areas that didn’t create the waste. Also, since power generation from waste is typically done in large incinerators that communities don't want to be near, electricity is often transmitted long distances back to urban areas. When electricity travels long distances, up to ten percent is lost and costs are about $10 per megawatt-hour.
Plasco allows waste to be dealt with where it is created, and electricity to be generated where it is needed. Our plants can be distributed across rural, light-industrial or commercial zones inside or near cities. Here’s why:
Facilities don’t emit odours because only a small amount of waste is stored for short periods and it is always inside a building with negative air pressure
Noise levels are very low
Ultra-low atmospheric emissions come only from engine exhaust
No other emissions or effluent, only clean water
The physical size of a facility is small
Since we convert waste so efficiently, facilities can be as small as 200 tonnes per day
The outer design will match the aesthetic preferences of the local area