For the next eight months, I'll be talking some serious trash. I mean-- I'll be talking seriously about trash. As the ominous "real world" prepares to pounce after graduation, the contents of your trash can might actually come to my defense. Through my internship with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), I hope to come one step closer to "saving the planet."From January to August, I will be working under the supervision of the head environmental economist at the DEQ, as well as my economics professor at UVA, on economic analysis of a waste-to-energy facility. The city of Richmond is considering the installation of a Covanta plant that create energy by using the steam from burning waste to move turbines. The DEQ aims to determine what kind of change a waste-to-energy plant would create for the city. In the preliminary stages, I will collect data from city planners, county officials, and businesses. In the later stages, I will work under the guidance of my professors to analyze and report the net effect of the Covanta plant. During the semester, I will doing most of my work from Charlottesville and commuting a couple of times a month to Richmond for meetings. In the summer, when I will be working full-time, I will move to Richmond.
Pretty exciting, for trash!
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