- The City and County of Los Angeles commissioned two independently prepared comprehensive reports to evaluate commercially available non-incineration waste processing technologies beginning in 2004.
- URS, our nation’s largest engineering firm prepared both reports, using two separate evaluation teams and concluded the following:
- Based on supplier credibility, existing operational experience, completeness of engineering, landfill diversion, permit ability and economics, IWT and the Thermoselect technology were ranked #1 worldwide.
- The New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Sanitation evaluated solid waste management technologies beginning in 2003.
- The City’s consultant, ARI, concluded the following:
- - Based on technology readiness, reliability, facility design, environmental
performance, beneficial use of waste, marketability of recycled products
and experience and resources of the project sponsor, the [IWT] Alliance
satisfied every criteria along with only one other thermal technology competitor.
