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Croton-Harmon High School Students Visit County Incinerator

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- Croton-Harmon High School ecology students recently had a chance to see what happens to Westchester County’s garbage after it is picked up from the curbs each week. 

Croton-Harmon High School ecology students visited the Westchester County incinerator in Peekskill.

Croton-Harmon High School ecology students visited the Westchester County incinerator in Peekskill.

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Raymond Ferrara brought his students to visit the county incinerator in Peekskill, where they were able to see the trash transform into steam to then create electricity, according to a press release. 

“During this trip, the students saw firsthand that ‘there is no away,’ which has been an overarching theme throughout our curriculum this year,” Ferrara said in a press release. “This facility receives all of Westchester’s municipal waste and burns it to create steam, which is used to turn a turbine and create electricity.” 

Students had the opportunity to see the turbine up close. “It was truly a powerful experience,” Ferrara said in a press release.

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