Click on the objects in the animation below to go to different videos at HPower. Derek, a Plant Engineer, was nice enough to give us a full tour of the facility.

HPower Hawaii - http://www.honoluluhpower.com/

Burning waste is a better way to stop the landfills from having too much trash and the heat from the burning can be captured for electricity. There are companies that use this method to generate electricity on a large scale quite like a powerplant but one that is powered by burning trash. MSW = municipal solid waste is the trash that they burn to produce steam that runs the turbines that fuels homes with electricity. RDF = Refuse derived fuel. This is the excess trash, but at HPower it is the ash left after the burning process. They can also take the ashes and can turn them into a bricks that could be used to make small walls. The brick isn't sturdy enough to build a house with. In Hawaii, they have not started using the ash to make brick, so it is returned to the landfill. However, 90% of the waste destined for the landfill is burned for energy.

Here are some pictures from HPower:

RDF Room - shredded trash off to burn	The Generator
The Steam Room	Trash delivery