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OnlinePoker

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Thu Jun 5, 2014, 05:07 PM Jun 2014

World's first (?) waste-to-biofuels plant opens in Edmonton

I don't know if this is actually true that it's the first, but it is pretty impressive:

The world’s first municipal facility to convert household garbage into biofuels opened Wednesday at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. It’s expected that by 2016, 90 per cent of the city’s waste will be diverted out of the landfill due to this new facility. Currently, Edmonton recycles and composts 60 per cent of its waste.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/energy-resources/World+first+waste+biofuels+facility+opens/9908130/story.html?__lsa=8a09-dc6b

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World's first (?) waste-to-biofuels plant opens in Edmonton (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jun 2014 OP
Here's one at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee. postulater Jun 2014 #1
Fortunately in the U.S. our Gov is owned by the Oil industry so this is sort of thing isnot allowed Bill USA Jun 2014 #2

postulater

(5,075 posts)
1. Here's one at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 05:26 PM
Jun 2014


"Food trimmings from the Potawatomi Bingo Casino kitchens are serving as fodder for an InSinkErator machine that grinds it up to be used in the tribe’s waste-to-energy plant.

The collaboration between the Menomonee Valley casino and Racine-based InSinkErator is a test for the manufacturer’s product. The system grinds food waste from the Menomonee Valley casino into a liquid, said David Brien, Potawatomi Bingo Casino director of facilities. The liquid is stored in a tank at the casino and then taken to the Potawatomi’s nearby digester plant, where it is converted into methane gas that is burned to produce power, he said.

The Potawatomi’s biodigester is next to its casino on Canal Street in the Menomonee Valley.

“We’ve got a lot of food venues here and we’ve got a lot of food waste, so they came knocking,” Brien said.

The pilot project has been underway for 10 weeks, Brien said. It is diverting about 3.5 tons of food a week from the landfills, he said. The food all comes from the kitchens, and does not include left-overs from what is served at the restaurant tables, he said. The program is expected to reuse about 182 tons of waste a year, which is “about the size of a 747 jumbo jet,” Brien said.

Food from the Potawatomi’s hotel, which is under construction, also will be used to feed the digester plant, Brien said."

http://grind2energy.tumblr.com/post/80989584226/potawatomi-insinkerator-team-to-convert-casino-waste

Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
2. Fortunately in the U.S. our Gov is owned by the Oil industry so this is sort of thing isnot allowed
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 08:04 PM
Jun 2014

This is great. Huzzahs for Canada!

We could be doing this in the U.S. but of course, it's impractical, inefficient and anyway ethanol will destroy our brains and makes food prices EXPLODE


“Ethanol, is commonly used as a blend for gasoline,” he said. “It’s mandated in Alberta to have a five per cent ethanol blend, so it will more likely be sold to one of the refineries nearby and be used to power your vehicle.”


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Oh BTW, be advised mentioning alcohol biofuels on this site in anyway that is not vituperative is hazardous to your health!


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