Fossil fuels, renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and nuclear energy are some of the most popular energy resources that generate electricity in the United States. However, there are other energy resources that provide electricity on the electric grid, including waste-to-energy facilities and biomass energy resources.

I. Waste-to-Energy Facilities

Waste-to-energy facilities, also known as WTE facilities, are power plants that burn municipal solid waste, broadly referred to as...