County councillor Bill Borrett, responsible for environment and waste, said the site aimed to boost recycling and divert waste from landfill.
It will handle up to 150, 000 tonnes a year, diverting waste from landfill sites in Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Gwynedd.
Britain's tax on the disposal of waste at landfill sites is being used to pay for a small cut in payroll tax.
In a country that still sends over half its waste to landfill, municipalities and businesses are desperate to find other ways of disposing of their rubbish.
Results varied with Newport council sending 15, 882 tonnes of biodegradable waste to landfill in the six months to March 2005, nearly two thirds of its allowance.
The EU has identified construction and demolition waste as a priority waste stream which means that policies and measures ensuring increased recycling of CND waste versus landfill and incineration will take priority.
Achieve zero chemical waste to landfill by 2020.
ENGADGET: Intel wants to have conflict-free processors by the end of 2013
Work on the plant, which will divert household and commercial waste from landfill, is expected to start later this year and is due to be finished by 2015, creating 300 jobs during construction and 64 permanent jobs.
The proportion of waste sent to landfill improved by five percentage points, falling to 64%.
The county council said the plant was needed to stop waste going to landfill.
Landfill waste from six west London boroughs could be burnt near Bristol by the end of 2016.
Sellafield nuclear firm has pleaded guilty to sending bags of low-level radioactive waste to a landfill site.
Next year, he plans to fly from the UK to China powered by fuel created from landfill waste.
Mandy Leathers has also got rid of her wheelie bin for landfill waste - though admits to using street bins.
The partnership was created by Devon, Torbay and Plymouth councils to find a way of diverting waste away from landfill sites.
Surrey County Council, which approved the plans in March, said the plant would reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
Councils in the South West are trying to reduce the amount of waste going into landfill which has to be paid for.
Under European Union Guidelines, countries have to halve levels of biodegradable waste disposed in landfill sites by 2013 from their 1995 levels.
Edinburgh-based Vegware Ltd earned a sustainable development award for developing compostable catering packaging and reducing landfill waste in the catering and hospitality sector.
He said the plan would include proposals to ban certain materials, like biodegradable waste, from landfill and recover the energy from these materials.
Louise Johnson from the Environment Agency said the worsening smells were due to the increase in recycled and organic waste at the landfill.
Walmart is also working on reducing its landfill waste in other countries with both China and Brazil reporting a 52 percent waste diversion rate.
The report added that recycling levels have remained at almost 51% but there was a fall in the amount of waste going to landfill.
The cabinet awarded the contract on 7 March, stating that the plant was needed to stop waste going to landfill and to generate energy.
United States-based Walmart stores reduced their landfill waste by 80 percent.
Advanced bio-fuel centers, which can take landfill waste and wood chips to make cellulosic ethanol, are also part of that universe and are attracting enthusiasts and naysayers alike.
The company behind the scheme claims it will provide enough electricity for 25, 000 homes and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by local councils by 90%.
Mr. Dach, who is leaving the company later this year, spearheaded dozens of promises to eliminate landfill waste, sell healthier food and boost the company's use of renewable energy.
"Composting is an easy way of cutting down the amount of garden and household waste sent to landfill, and is a great way of feeding the garden, " he said.
One aim of the project is to collect information which will help the WAG understand the impact of home composting on the overall amount of waste sent to landfill sites.
应用推荐