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(BBC Newsline 6.30 - 19/12/2008 / Reporter: Mike McKimm) BBC Newsline looks at how what we throw away can be used to generate energy.
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Over a million tonnes of waste that would otherwise end up in landfill could be used to generate electricity if burned in a specialist incineration plant.

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