The Wallingford Project utilizes a 420 ton-per-day mass-burn trash-to-energy facility located in Wallingford.

Mass-burn means that there is no front-end separation of recyclable metal or non-combustible material from the trash delivered to the facility. Unlike the RDF technology used at the Mid-Connecticut Project, trash is delivered and burned with no processing. The waste-to-energy plant, located at 530 South Cherry Street, Wallingford, is operated by Covanta Energy. Ash residue from the plant is trucked to Wheelabrator’s ash landfill in Putnam.

The Wallingford Project trash-to-energy facility easily exceeds the strictest emissions standards. Click Emissions Performance > Wallingford Project to view the test results.

Disposal fees for solid waste at the Wallingford Project have been set at $56 per ton for fiscal year 2005. This low price is a reflection of the Wallingford Project’s sustained growth and fiscal success, and is the result of a successful strategy implemented by CRRA and the Wallingford Project Policy Board, representing the five Wallingford Project municipalities.