Waste to Energy — An Overview
See peswiki.com The saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is coming true in the waste-to-energy field. With some landfills overflowing, much real estate at a premium, groundwater and air pollution concerns, and fossil fuel scarcity concerns; methods of turning refuse into fuel or electricity are attractive for many reasons. Who would have ever thought that junk and sewage could be cost-effectively turned into a valuable commodity? It turns out that there are several approaches being developed — and even some already in commercial operation — that, with tipping fees, can turn a profit from turning garbage and sewage into electricity and fuel. According to their Vice President, Lynn Brown, Waste Management, the company the comes around to haul off garbage, is increasingly turning some of that garbage into energy — enough to power over one million homes — the equivalent of 14 million barrels of oil per year or 3.6 million tons of coal. And the company has a goal to double that amount to 2 million homes by 2020. (www.wm.com Some landfills now capture the methane that comes out of the buried trash, which used to escape into the atmosphere as a potent greenhouse gas. Instead, they now burn this methane to run generators. Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation (SHEC Labs) has developed a process that uses solar energy to convert this methane into hydrogen, and expect that within 5 years they will compete with the cheapest sources of Hydrogen. ( peswiki.com ) One …
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Hmm why don’t they also use incineration as a form of waste to energy it seems faster than to wait for the waste to rot.
I also agree but, I am just getting tired of all the red tape and government agencies that are supposedly protecting the environment yet in reality they only charge fees that go to other things!
Very simple, if you create it, you should be responsible for it…
If you are “responsible” for what you created in the first place, no matter if it makes you money to deal with it, at that point you created it and you should be responsible for it, just part of the cost of doing business…
I agree completely, but that is political. In order to become a large corporation, you must be less emotionally minding and more logically minded. Of course I admit that the “almighty dollar” is more important to COMPANIES out to make money. I’m not saying it right, it just happens to be the best way to be successful.
Our government could care less about the environment unless they will see more in their pockets at the end of the day. That’s why all they all say one thing but do another.
Profit?
I work for an org that thinks very differently. They are prepared to lose money -just lost big last week to keep 20-tons of toys from landfill, though it would have been much less money to landfill them- if it means making the right choice. They lead by example and in the end, we can sleep well at night knowing we did everything possible to be environmentally responsible…
So many organizations and companies say they are green but very few lead by example!
Funny, the government hands out big grants all day to study things likes weeds yet landfilling overrun products and 2nd hand store donations ect. continues to be the most cost effective choice!
Lets see some grants to support small independent recycling and reuse organizations!
So you admit, to the companies involved in managing our waste, the almighty dollar IS more important than being responsible in respect to our environment…
@SquishDoll Obviously… How many companies would do things that would lose them millions of dollars with no benefit to them? At least because of there denial of previous methods, new, efficient profitable methods are being forced into existence. These new methods are much more effective and will continue to evolve
A good overview of the subject but it tells us nothing about how exactly the various processes work.
Does anyone have a better video?
This is very very good.
I work at a waste to energy plant and the county is trying to shut it down real bad move if they do
Don Blankenship Ceo of Massey Energy is a mountain raping coal licker
And he will burn in hell
It has to do both bottom line( it’s a business)they dont keep you around because youre friendly it’s cause you make them profit , if you do both well , then like this you should be around awhile.
The 1st commentor has no idea about WM. I’ve personally visited a Recycling Facility of WM. It was awesome. Very effective and Cost Efficient. I’ve recommended quite a lot of ppl to invest in this one.
WM GREEN?
That’s a hoax!
WM is putting on a facade of green but they are all about the BOTTOM LINE!!!MONEY-MONEY-MONEY!
They have proven it time and time again!
They always find fault in any recycling or reuse method or program that does not bring up their bottom line.
Obviously, this is a method that has done that so they are backing it for that reason, bottom line! NOT OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT…
Look what they did to Knowaste, Disposal Alternatives and others…
Waste Management Inc. Good Investment, Buy some stock and you wont be sorry.
right on!
Poo to Fuel, I like it!