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TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – A cutting-edge solid waste disposal facility to turn trash into gas is being negotiated for a five-acre section adjacent to the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency complex at 999 Flatbush Avenue/state Route 32.

Executive Director Marc Rider was given authority to work out the details with London-based developer Global NRG during a Friday, Dec. 12, board meeting.

Under the proposal, Global NRG would lease the property but build, own, and operate a facility estimated to cost about $100 million. It would take in all of agency’s municipal solid waste, which in 2025 is forecast to total 107,100 tons, with expectations there will be a 70% reduction in the amount going to landfills.

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