Oswego County Energy Recovery Facility Ferrous Metals Recovery
The Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is a 200 Ton Per Day (TPD) Waste To Energy (WTE) conversion facility. Originally commissioned in 1985, the
ERF to date has converted over one million tons of municipal solid waste to usable energy. The most important contribution the ERF makes to the solid
waste system is the preservation of landfill space. This is a result of the volume reduction from the combustion of the solid waste. The ash remaining
after the burn process takes up less than ten percent of the space of solid waste.
The ERF was upgraded 2009 to recover and recycle Ferrous metals. Ferrous metals are metals derived from, or containing, iron. Steel is the most common of these metals, including alloys such as stainless steel.
Recovery of Ferrus metals reduces landfill waste and allow the recovered metals to be reused.
The ERF was upgraded 2009 to recover and recycle Ferrous metals. Ferrous metals are metals derived from, or containing, iron. Steel is the most common of these metals, including alloys such as stainless steel.
Recovery of Ferrus metals reduces landfill waste and allow the recovered metals to be reused.
