Strategic plan for the Northeast Waste Management Enterprise
The Northeast Waste Management Enterprise (NEWME) is a new form of partnership whose goal is to increase the economic, commercial, and environmental effectiveness of solid waste management (SWM) through implementation of new technologies. Of particular interest to NEWME are technologies that are applicable to the Northeast`s waste management problems and technologies applicable to the Department of Energy`s waste management and environmental clean-up programs. These include land reclamation using bioremediation, pyrolysis, waste stabilization/ash utilization, and landfill containment. The next step, which has already begun, is to evaluate specific technologies within these focus areas. A concurrent economic analysis will take place along with each program, which, together with technical evaluations, will form the basis for decisions relating to the ultimate commercialization of the technology. The financial plan for NEWME anticipates an evolution over time in which the Federal Government provides most of the funding in the early design phase, with some industrial participation. As the program progresses through demonstration and early commercialization, the program becomes more expensive, and a larger fraction of the costs is borne by the private sector. NEWME itself will participate financially in each commercialization vehicle in order to form the basis for the eventual self-sufficient of the program.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Long Island Research Inst., Nesconset, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 383582
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-52441; LIRI-94-004; ON: DE97000491; TRN: AHC29621%%26
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SOLID WASTES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
MUNICIPAL WASTES
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
WASTE PROCESSING
REMEDIAL ACTION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
COST ESTIMATION
REGIONAL COOPERATION
FINANCING
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
INCINERATORS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
MANUFACTURING
US DOE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
BIODEGRADATION
PLANNING