In a piece titled ‘Voyage of the Gross’, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Justin Davidson, outlines the path and final destinations of the Big Apple’s refuse. Visiting the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station and Covanta’s Essex County Waste-to-Energy Plant, Davidson diligently charts the journey and seeks the opinions of experts along the way: responding to discussions about waste-to-energy’s emissions, Castaldi says “The data for modern waste-to-energy facilities that operate well should reassure people.”
Read the article here to learn more about the challenges of managing urban waste responsibly and how the Combustion and Catalysis Lab works to support debate in the space while relying on rigorous, scientific analyses.