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4.000 t

of trash: what Costa Rica produces every single day.1

That’s like filling about 400 garbage trucks. Every day.

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8 in 10

tonnes get buried. And the landfills are filling up.2

The El Huazo landfill takes trash from more than 35 municipalities and is running out of space.3

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Orchidean One turns that trash into electricity.

1,000 tonnes a day no longer buried, 20 MW of electricity and power for about 50,000 homes.* First plant: Cartago.

* Homes: estimate. 100% private investment: no public money.

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It cleans its gases. And you can see the readings.

Several filter stages, European Union limits and data published online and on public screens. You don’t have to trust us — you can check.4

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3.000+

plants like this run around the world.5

  • Copenhagen: with a ski slope on the roof
  • Vienna: right in the city center
  • Tokyo: 21 plants inside the city

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Less buried trash. More power for the country.

Now you know more than most people. Pass it on.

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Sources

  1. Teletica (2026). “Entre camiones, olores y basura: la otra cara del manejo de residuos en Costa Rica”.
  2. Delfino (marzo 2025). “OCDE: Costa Rica depende en exceso de los rellenos sanitarios”.
  3. Semanario Universidad (2026). “Ministra advierte sobre vida útil de relleno de El Huazo”.
  4. Directiva 2010/75/UE sobre emisiones industriales, Anexo VI, parte 3 (límites para incineración de residuos).
  5. Renewable Energy Magazine (2026), con datos de ecoprog: más de 3.100 plantas de valorización energética en el mundo (fin de 2025).