For instance, recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated plastic pollution mostly because of delivery packaging and personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves forcing cities to acknowledge the limitations of their current systems and the need to find a solution to overcome these long-lasting challenges.

Further, plastic waste blocking waterways increases the intensity of flooding, which, in turn, may spread waterborne diseases and/or lead to landslides in already disaster-prone areas. Another example is the harmful toxins coming from waste incineration that can increase air pollution and decrease health prospects for the population.

These negative consequences are usually not taken into consideration when developing and planning for the destruction of waste.

An MBT facility can take mixed municipal waste as well as commercial & industrial materials, non-hazardous secondary materials, predominately fiber as well as plastics that is converted into a light-weight high-quality paper (Solid Recovered Fuel, SRF) that is used at a cement manufacturer to off-set their use of coal. Additionally, the process is completely indoors, there are no odors from the facility, all of the air in the facility is negative pressure pulling the air out and pushing it through a BioFilter which controls the odors.  Effectively, the facility is able to operate in a community, surrounded by housing developments, without receiving any odor complaints.