NOVELTY - The facility comprises a feedstock separator, a gasification unit (20), a waste heat recovery system (30), a unit for conveying the primary syngas to the waste heat recovery system, a steam turbine and generator, syngas scrubbers, a syngas compressor, an alcohol synthesis reactor, a purification unit (60), a quench recycle loop, a valve, a temperature sensor, a controller, a unit for conveying a second portion of the quench recycle stream to a mixing point upstream of the inlet of the compressor, a pressure sensor, a mercury-lead separator, and a unit for creating a primary syngas stream.    USE - The facility is useful for converting organic materials such as municipal solid waste into ethanol along with possible co-products such as n-propanol and methanol, where organic materials include organic industrial waste, construction and demolition wastes, medical wastes and various biomass materials such as vegetative matter.    ADVANTAGE - The facility is capable of economically and efficiently converting organic materials into ethanol with low emissions profile and without the need of new or expanded landfills, and reduces the solid wastes entering landfills thus dramatically reducing harmful methane gas emissions from landfills.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The facility comprises a feedstock separator, a gasification unit (20), a waste heat recovery system (30), a unit for conveying the primary syngas to the waste heat recovery system, a steam turbine and generator, syngas scrubbers, a syngas compressor, an alcohol synthesis reactor, a purification unit (60), a quench recycle loop, a valve, a temperature sensor, a controller, a unit for conveying a second portion of the quench recycle stream to a mixing point upstream of the inlet of the compressor, a pressure sensor, a mercury-lead separator, a unit for creating a primary syngas stream, a main gas recycle loop, a control unit, a continuous injection unit, a mixed-alcohol degassing separator, a unit for conveying a portion of the first mixed-alcohol stream to the mixed-alcohol degassing separator, a unit for conveying a portion of the low-pressure gas recycle stream to a mixing point upstream of the syngas compressor for recycling the low-pressure gas recycle stream, a heat exchanger, recycle separators, a unit for conveying a methanol recycle stream, a unit for conveying an oil recycle stream and a unit within the gasification unit for partially oxidizing components of the oil recycle stream to convert some of the components to a mixture comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The feedstock separator is configured to separate non-organic materials from a solid feedstock, which optionally contains entrained liquids for creating a solid processed feedstock. The gasification unit is configured to generate a primary syngas from the processed feedstock. The waste heat recovery system comprises a heat exchanger to generate superheated steam by cooling a stream comprising the primary syngas thus outputting a cooled primary syngas stream. The steam turbine and generator are configured to use the superheated steam to generate electricity. The syngas scrubbers are configured to remove or neutralize unwanted contaminants from the cooled primary syngas stream for creating a scrubbed syngas. The syngas compressor is configured to raise the pressure of a compressor inlet stream comprising a first portion of the scrubbed and primary syngas to a predefined level for outputting a compressed gas stream, and comprises a compressor or compressor stages having an outlet, a final compressor or compressor stages to output the compressed gas stream comprising an inlet, a unit for conveying the mercury-lead separator inlet stream from the outlet to the mercury-lead separator, and a unit for conveying gas from the mercury-lead separator to the inlet. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method for converting organic materials into ethanol.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The diagram shows a schematic view of a process for converting municipal solid waste into ethanol.    Feedstock processing unit (10)    Gasification unit (20)    Waste heat recovery system (30)    Syngas cleanup and compression unit (40)    Alcohol synthesis unit (50)    Purification unit. (60)