Waste to Energy Is Taking Off Around The World

By Javier Herrero on June 13, 2011 4 Comments Bauhaus Capital Partners, biodiesel, biofuels, biomass, biomass waste, Climate Change, fuel gas, GPI, Green Power Inc, housing developments, hydrocarbon diesel, industrial wastes, Javier Herrero, Javier Herrero y Sáenz de Cabezón, landfills, mudslides, municipal solid waste, NanoDiesel, pollution, PyroGasTM, pyrolysis process, Pyrolyzer, recyclable waste, recycling, renewable energy investment, seepage, waste treatment, waste-to-energy

The production of waste, especially with many countries emerging into powerful economies, has become a problem of such dimensions that something definite has to be done.Many new technologies are being developed to process, recycle and reuse waste, some combining waste treatment processes in the same plant to produce a variety of useful products such as electrical energy, diesel, heat, carbon black and other recyclable materials. Latest estimates show that there are 431 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in Europe and 89 in the United States (2004). The U.S. recycles 14 percent of its trash in WTE plants.