Every day, thousands of tons of trash — rotten food, takeout containers, diapers, old shoes, construction debris, tires, plastic bags, soiled carpet and lawn clippings — burst into flame and turn to ash and energy at an incinerator in Palm Beach County, Florida. “Right there is probably about 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit,” said Ray Schauer, the facility operations director, looking at the incinerator’…
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