…  The incinerator has changed hands multiple times over the years and is now privately owned by Detroit Renewable Energy LLC, with the city retaining the land on which the facility sits and leasing it to the company through the Resource Recovery Authority. Detroit Renewable Energy purchased the incinerator in 2018 for about $200 million and has invested $24 million since.

The Free Press reported last year that Michigan Department of Environmental Quality records showed the incinerator exceeded pollution emissions standards more than 750 times within the last five years.  …

Detroit incinerator closing: Detroit Renewable Power to close