Per Scholas programs. Per Scholas brings more than 20 years of experience in recovering, handling and processing retired IT equipment. Per Scholas was featured in WIRED magazine in November 2014. Four Per Scholas graduates were featured in the New York Times in the winter of 2014. In 2012, Per Scholas was named one of America's top-performing nonprofit organizations by the Social Impact Exchange S&100 Index for its impressive outcomes and results-driven work. Per Scholas received a Heroes Award from the Robin Hood Foundation in 2011. The Per Scholas board of directors includes several prominent professionals in the IT field. Current Chairman Lewis
Waste-to-energy plant energy diversification strategy, especially by Sweden, which has been a leader in waste-to-energy production over the past 20 years. The typical range of net electrical energy that can be produced is about 500 to 600 kWh of electricity per ton of waste incinerated. Thus, the incineration of about 2,200 tons per day of waste will produce about 1200 MWh of electrical energy. Most waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste, but some burn industrial waste or hazardous waste. A modern, properly run waste-to-energy plant sorts material before burning it and can co-exist with recycling. The only items that are burned are