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Baltimore City Compost Facility
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Montgomery County RRF

The Harford County Resource Recovery Facility

The Harford County Waste to Energy Facility, now an Authority owned facility, began operations in 1988. The purchase of the facility was completed during the summer of 2002, ensuring that the waste management needs of Harford County will continue to be met in an economic and environmentally safe manner. This facility processes approximately 115,000 tons of County waste annually. Steam is captured from the processing of the waste and is sold to the Edgewood Area of the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The County has seen a 90% reduction in the volume of waste entering the landfill because of this facility. The resulting ash is screened to capture metals for recycling; the screened ash is used as alternative daily cover at the Harford County Landfill, reducing the actual landfilling of the material. Through the Authority, Harford County and Baltimore City reached an agreement where some of the Harford WTE residual ash is beneficially used for alternative daily cover at the Baltimore City Quarantine Road Landfill. In return, Baltimore City sends used tires to the Harford WTE facility, thus removing the tires from the waste stream and allowing for the capture of the tires' energy value.

The Harford Waste-to-Energy Facility is operated by Energy Recovery Operations, Inc.

To learn more about the Harford Waste-to-Energy Facility, please contact the Authority at 410.333.2730 or authority@nmwda.org



Operations Overview:

Year
Total Refuse Processed
Total Steam Generated
Steam Delivered to Army
(Thou. Lbs.)
1988
50,588
259,926
172,399
1989
111,374
608,322
373,981
1990
112,066
617,052
433,900
1991
113,238
620,369
423,622
1992
109,848
617,924
423,630
1993
108,659
645,005
451,222
1994
111,272
637,412
417,564
1995
112,330
642,041
386,466
1996
117,246
682,707
474,686
1997
124,209
707,239
497,327
1998
125,437
724,878
508,804
1999
115,917
689,528
498,411
2000
116,531
662,925
493,556
2001
120,170
691,620
467,377
2002
117,955
687,025
469,171
2003
114,729
666,279
457,628
2004
110,898
658,653
514,793
2005
113,003
620,713
429,816
2006
116,498
653,621
462,668
2007
116,991
706,133
476,670
2008
112,830
600,277
443,211
Totals
2,360,623
13,295,831
9,210,698





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