Waste burning plant would create jobs

YOUNGSTOWN — A proposed $235 million waste-burning power plant near Alliance would conserve landfill space, promote recycling and generate reliable electricity in an environmentally friendly way, its promoters say.

Building it would generate 250 construction jobs and operating it would create 60 full-time jobs paying an average of $50,000 a year, according to Gregory L. Benik, president and chief executive officer of Jefferson Renewable Energy LLC of Warwick, R.I., the firm that would design and operate the plant.

The plant, known as the Mahoning Renewable Energy Plant, would occupy about 30 acres at Transload America’s Central Waste landfill, 12003 Oyster Road, Smith Township, Mahoning County.

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