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Turning Waste Into Energy, Resources, and Economic Value
Eureka Energy Corporation is developing advanced waste-to-value projects utilizing Gravity Pressure Vessel™ technology to transform appropriate waste streams into energy, fuels, recoverable materials, and other marketable resources.
Rather than treating waste solely as a disposal problem, Eureka approaches it as a potential feedstock for new infrastructure, new products, and new economic opportunity.
Waste In → Resource Recovery → Energy & Fuels → Marketable Products
The Circular Economy
Read about the need to shift from linear to circular economics in waste management. Download our whitepaper for free
The Challenge Facing Communities
Waste management is becoming an increasingly difficult infrastructure challenge for local governments.
Communities must continually collect, transport, process, and dispose of material while managing rising costs, limited landfill capacity, environmental obligations, and long-term liabilities.
The traditional model largely asks communities to pay to make waste disappear.
Eureka believes the better question is: How much value can be recovered before anything is discarded?
The Scale—and Cost—of the Waste Problem
292.4 Million Tons
+10% Fee Increases & Up
292.4 Million Tons
Municipal solid waste generated annually in the United States in EPA’s latest national dataset.
~50% Landfilled
+10% Fee Increases & Up
292.4 Million Tons
Of U.S. municipal solid waste is landfilled, representing roughly 146 million tons in EPA’s latest national dataset.
+10% Fee Increases & Up
+10% Fee Increases & Up
+10% Fee Increases & Up
Increase in average U.S. landfill tipping fees in 2024, according to the Environmental Research & Education Foundation.
58% Waste Methane
15–25% Residual Ash
+10% Fee Increases & Up
EPA estimates that landfilled food waste accounts for 58% of fugitive methane emissions from MSW landfills, even though food waste represents only about 24% of landfilled municipal waste.
30+ Year Liability
15–25% Residual Ash
15–25% Residual Ash
Typical federal post-closure care period for municipal solid-waste landfills, including monitoring and maintenance after disposal operations end.
15–25% Residual Ash
15–25% Residual Ash
15–25% Residual Ash
Of the original waste weight can remain as ash after conventional municipal waste combustion, still requiring management or disposal.