Facilities
York
Reducing Landfill Waste
Located in York, Pennsylvania, the York County Resource Recovery Center is an award-winning Thermomechanical Treatment Facility. The Facility is owned by the York County Solid Waste and Refuse Authority and operated by Reworld®, and serves the nearly 450,000 residents of York County with reliable and sustainable waste management. Every year, our facility processes more than 420,000 tons of waste that would otherwise have ended up in landfills.
In addition to keeping waste out of landfills, we’re committed to ensuring safe operations and minimizing environmental impacts. We have been consistently recognized for exceptional operations, including OSHA’s stringent Voluntary Protection Program Star certification.
Our Facility’s Annual Impact
Less waste in landfills reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 887,000 metric tons of CO2. That's like taking 198,000 passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
We produce 42 megawatts of electricity 24/7 with our Waste-to-Energy process - enough to power 21,000 homes for a year.
Environmental Performance
We care about our communities and operate well below emissions limits. Over 99.9 percent of what comes out of our plant's stack is what you'd typically find in air - water vapor, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. The remaining constituents are well below federal and state standards.
The following data is presented in units required by the facility's permit as averaged emissions.
The York County Solid Waste Authority has submitted a notification to PADEP addressing RACT III NOx requirements.
- Permit Limits are derived from USEPA standards for Large Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR 60, Subparts A, Cb and Eb).
- CO, SO2, HCL and NOx values are the daily (24-hr) block averages for that day.
- Opacity values are the maximum 6-minute average for that day.
- All emission values reported in units consistent with the permit. CO, SO2, HCL and NOx reported as parts per million, dry gas basis at 7% O2 (ppmdv7), Opacity as %.
- The dash symbol (-) indicates that a unit is off-line, has insufficient data for a compliance period or is in an exempted period.
* Results are provided for informational purposes only. Data is posted 24 hrs. after completion of each day to allow for quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) review.
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