Converting Biodegradable Plastic Waste into Green Energy
Converting Biodegradable Plastic Waste into Green Energy The primary goal of Valplast (Recovery of bioplastics through anaerobic co-digestion at sewage treatment plants) is to recover biodegradable plastic waste by utilizing anaerobic co-digestion with sludge from sewage treatment plants (STP). This process yields a biogas stream that can be harnessed as an energy source and produces […]
Biogas Magazine
Biogas Magazine has released their third issue in May 2024. To view or download this issue, click the link below. READ BIOGAS MAGAZINE
Categorization of Plastic Waste on Sixty-Six Beaches in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region, North America
The Laurentian Great Lakes system serves as a significant global repository for plastic debris. Researchers sampled large micro-, meso-, and macroplastic items from an area of 10 square meters on sixty-six beaches within the Great Lakes. In total, they collected and categorized 21,592 plastic items. The most prevalent type of debris was pre-production plastic pellets, […]
Science.org: Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution
Brand names can be used to hold plastic companies accountable for their items found polluting the environment. Using data from a five-year global program (2018–2022) covering 84 countries and 1,576 audit events, Science.org identified brands on plastic items found in the environment. The findings showed that 50% of the items were unbranded, highlighting the need […]
The companies lied for years about plastic recycling
An interesting article from Shani Ashkenazi as he explores the lies companies make surrounding plastic recycling. Click here
Landfills Convert Biogas Into Renewable Natural Gas
Find out how thousands of U.S. landfills are converting organic waste into clean natural gas for electricity, heat, or transportation fuel.
Landfilling waste and biogas recovery
Using landfill biogas as an energy resource to generate renewable energy explained in 3 minutes.
Hooge Maey converts landfill gas into green energy
Hooge Maey extracts landfill gas from its landfill. Four biogas engines turn it into green energy under the form of electricity and heat.
Landfill gas – Turning trash into cash – How Edmonton’s old dump powers 4,600 homes
Most everyone views their trips to the dump as a once-or-twice a year chore. It’s in, out and home again with hardly a thought given to the place you just dumped your old couch or leftovers from your kitchen renovation. But landfills are quickly becoming centres of innovation when it comes to turning what we throw away into energy. Edmonton has had a landfill gas operation since 1992 and it was the first in Western Canada to turn old garbage into a new resource.