We use oil to make plastics. So, in theory, couldn’t we break down used plastic back into its components and get oil back out again? Yes. And the idea isn’t just theoretical. A number of companies (as well as some [...]
The Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority has awarded a $668 million contract for engineering, procurement and construction services for its new state-of-the-art waste-to-energy facility. The contract has gone to a consortium that includes KBR subsidiary BE&K Construction Company LLC [...]
The US General Services Administration (GSA) has signed a $9 million deal with Detroit Thermal LLC to provide heating to two federal buildings in Detroit with reliable steam from renewable energy municipal waste sources. The federal contract brings Detroit Thermal’s [...]
The volume of waste going to landfills in the UK has declined dramatically since 2001, from more than 50 million tonnes to just over 30 million tonnes today. However, this amount of waste represents a potential source of 1.5 gigawatts [...]
By the end of next year, the Canadian city of Edmonton could be home to an energy plant like no other: the world’s first industrial-scale municipal facility to take solid waste and convert it into liquid biofuels. The $75 million [...]
A new type of reactor that converts waste materials into liquid fuels has won the 2010 award from CWC World XTL, a conference for the gas, coal and biomass to liquids industry. The microchannel reactor developed by Velocys, an Ohio-based [...]
Municipal waste, sewage sludge and “slurry” from livestock (yes, it’s what you think it is) could provide a little over 7 per cent of Spain’s energy needs, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) say [...]
Want to learn more about the latest innovations for turning trash into fuel? Then mark your calendars for ecoConnect’s next “Green in the City” event, which will focus on “Waste to Energy.” The programme is scheduled for 6 to 9 [...]
Is turning to trash for fuel a sign that we’re getting smarter about sustainability and smart energy use … or an indication that we’ve become increasingly desperate for our next energy “hit” as fossil fuels overheat the planet and go [...]
The Government today approved plans for a 95-megawatt power plant, to be built at Ince in Cheshire, that will generate energy from about 600,000 tonnes of waste each year. The waste, which would have otherwise gone to landfill, will instead [...]
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