Covanta Energy Corp., owner and operator of 44 waste-to-energy facilities around the world, has completed commercial demonstration testing on its gasification technology.

For 10 months, Covanta´s gasification unit at its Covanta WBH LLC facility in Tulsa, Okla., has been processing 350 tons per day of post-recycled municipal solid waste.

The technology can gasify unprocessed, post-recycled waste in a commercial setting, the company said, while reducing emissions and increasing energy efficiency.

"From our research, based on what we know, this is the first, large-scale commercial gasification project for municipal solid waste in North America," said Steve Weber, vice president of business development for Covanta. "We´ve been able to run at commercial...