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that 200,000 tons will represent a 20 percent reduction in the town’s carbon emissions.
“For every ton of garbage that’s buried, it emits one ton of greenhouse gas emissions," Fitch said. “Obviously, if you stop burying, you stop emitting."
Other aspects of Fitch's initiative include making town buildings more efficient, installing solar panels, planting trees and replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents.
Schneider estimates that the plant will cost about $.30 million to build and will produce between nine and 12 megawatts of electricity. A megawatt is enough power for roughly 1,000 homes.
The plant would be built to use roughly 250 tons of trash per day. If more garbage is needed, Schneider said material could be mined out of the landfill.
In county hands
The green initiative is Fitch’s idea, but the decision about the waste-to-energy plant rests with Fauquier County leaders.
County Administrator Paul McCulla said county staffers are in the process of studying the technology, researching similar projects in other jurisdictions and talking with state and federal
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