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Beijing opens first waste-to-energy plant

The Chinese capital put its first garbage incineration plant into trial operation on Monday, ChinaCSR reported.
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The Gaoan Tun plant will deal with 533,000 tonnes of household rubbish every year: half the rubbish produced in the Chaoyang district. The waste heat will generate 220 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and will connect to the state grid.

Rubbish will be burnt without being separated. The remaining slag, 20% of the original rubbish, will be formed into bricks and used in roads and dams, the report said.

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