The facility has the ability to process up to 150,000 tpa of mixed waste.
The town has started sending its mixed solid waste to Hartford.
The new unit will process up to 220,000 tonnes of mixed municipal waste per year.
It is a form of mixed waste.
"There are only four other sites in the state we believe would be suitable for mixed municipal waste," Mr. Myers said.
It can also relate to the handling of mixed wastes.
The site did not have a permit to store mixed waste, so the blocks were temporarily stored at Rocky Flats.
Thus, we do not incinerate mixed waste, as they do in certain countries.
The incineration of mixed waste is bad environmental policy.
The Energy Department announced earlier this week that it will begin studying what to do with the mixed waste.