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U.S. waste-to-energy waste capacity by major state 2016

Leading U.S. states based on waste capacity of WTE facilities in 2016 (in tons per day)

The data describes the waste capacity of waste-to-energy facilities in the United States leading states in 2016. During this year, there were eight waste-to-energy plants in Minnesota which had a capacity of 4,572 tons of waste per day. The majority of facilities use a mass burn technology to combust municipal solid waste without pre-processing.

Florida	20114
New York	11131
Massachusetts	9490
Pennsylvania	8748
Connecticut	6939
Virginia	6215
New Jersey	5717
Minnesota	4572
Maryland	4050
Michigan	3925

U.S. waste-to-energy waste capacity by major state 2016

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