THE FACTS ABOUT WASTE-TO-ENERGY:

A holistic, sustainable approach to reduce

waste and our reliance on fossil fuels.

WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE is a waste-to-energy company that converts your

post-recycled waste to clean, renewable energy for local communities. Our goal is to reduce
community waste and reliance on fossil fuels while creating renewable energy to power your
home, neighborhood, school and business.
 e generate enough energy from residential, commercial and industrial waste to power our facility and more
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than 40,292 homes and businesses throughout Maryland. We also divert approximately 693,146 tons of
recyclable waste each year — 2,250 tons per day — that would otherwise go to landfills.
S ince 1985, we have been providing Baltimore with renewable energy from waste and have recycled more
than 11,762 tons of metals of waste annually.
 ur waste-to-energy reduces the state’s reliance on — and environmental impacts of — coal, oil and natural
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gas. We reduce Marylanders’ reliance on up to 890,986 barrels of oil and 268,142 tons of coal annually.
 ver our 34 years of operation, we have been reducing reliance on fossil fuels and landfills, working in concert
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with recycling, creating jobs and supporting civic organizations, local schools and environmental causes
throughout the region. We continue to make it a priority to be an active part of the region’s environmental,
economic and civic infrastructure.

Wheelabrator Baltimore
reduces the state’s
reliance on fossil fuels OR OR
by offsetting the need
for up to:

890,986 268,142 3.6M cubic ft.

barrels of oil annually tons of coal annually of natural gas annually

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Community Support and Engagement
For over 34 years, Wheelabrator Baltimore has partnered with community
leaders and businesses to support important causes in Baltimore City. We
Can Bmore, a Wheelabrator Baltimore project, is a public awareness and
engagement campaign investing in waste reduction initiatives and the
individuals, organizations, and institutions that support this important work
in Baltimore City.
T he Green Ambassadors program — a partnership Wheelabrator employees have partnered with community
between Wheelabrator Baltimore’s We Can Bmore project leaders throughout Baltimore to support existing Community
and the Ministers’ Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity Clean-ups to clean and green neighborhoods. Residents
— is committed to cleaning up communities to promote identify areas in need of beautification and We Can Bmore
environmental justice, sustainability and public safety by supplies roll away dumpsters, trucks and volunteers to clean-up
removing trash that diminishes neighborhood streets. We and transport waste from alleys and sites plagued by dumping.
hire local residents through Baltimore-owned landscaping
businesses to clean up each and every week around four In addition to the We Can Bmore initiative, Wheelabrator
Baltimore churches. Ambassador crews work two days Baltimore has supported Baltimore County Public Schools’
per week cleaning and greening neighborhoods. Green Education Foundation, Federal Hill Elementary School, Lakeland
Ambassadors have removed approximately 3,000 gallons Elementary-Middle School, Westport Elementary School and
of trash per week from our communities. partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to
raise and release threatened fish species into Maryland’s rivers.
 ur We Can Bmore Recycling Street Teams Initiative
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— a community engagement effort to increase recycling
and promote good waste management practices — involves
local folks going door-to-door to talk with fellow community
members about reducing waste and litter and inviting folks to
begin recycling. Teams distribute free recycling bins, educate
residents on what can and cannot be recycled and notify
neighbors of recycling collection days. To date, the We Can
Bmore Recycling Street Teams have empowered more than
1,000 new recyclers across Baltimore City.

www.wtienergy.com/Baltimore
WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE
Community Support and Engagement
For over 34 years, Wheelabrator Baltimore has partnered with community
leaders and businesses to support important causes in Baltimore City. We
Can Bmore, a Wheelabrator Baltimore project, is a public awareness and
engagement campaign investing in waste reduction initiatives and the
individuals, organizations, and institutions that support this important work
in Baltimore City.
T he Green Ambassadors program — a partnership Wheelabrator employees have partnered with community
between Wheelabrator Baltimore’s We Can Bmore project leaders throughout Baltimore to support existing Community
and the Ministers’ Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity Clean-ups to clean and green neighborhoods. Residents
— is committed to cleaning up communities to promote identify areas in need of beautification and We Can Bmore
environmental justice, sustainability and public safety by supplies roll away dumpsters, trucks and volunteers to clean-up
removing trash that diminishes neighborhood streets. We and transport waste from alleys and sites plagued by dumping.
hire local residents through Baltimore-owned landscaping
businesses to clean up each and every week around four In addition to the We Can Bmore initiative, Wheelabrator
Baltimore churches. Ambassador crews work two days Baltimore has supported Baltimore County Public Schools’
per week cleaning and greening neighborhoods. Green Education Foundation, Federal Hill Elementary School, Lakeland
Ambassadors have removed approximately 3,000 gallons Elementary-Middle School, Westport Elementary School and
of trash per week from our communities. partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to
raise and release threatened fish species into Maryland’s rivers.
 ur We Can Bmore Recycling Street Teams Initiative
O
— a community engagement effort to increase recycling
and promote good waste management practices — involves
local folks going door-to-door to talk with fellow community
members about reducing waste and litter and inviting folks to
begin recycling. Teams distribute free recycling bins, educate
residents on what can and cannot be recycled and notify
neighbors of recycling collection days. To date, the We Can
Bmore Recycling Street Teams have empowered more than
1,000 new recyclers across Baltimore City.

www.wtienergy.com/Baltimore