Latest Biodegradable waste News
Syntec Biofuel partners with EERC to convert biomass and waste into bio-butanol
Syntec Biofuel Inc. has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. The core process utilizes Syntec’s high-performance catalyst technology in conjunction with an upgrading process exclusively licensed from the EERC Foundation. Butanol has a high purity and energy level ... [more]
Duty differential for Used Cooking Oil biodiesel will continue for two years from April 2010
According to Renewable Fuel Agency’s 2008/9 figures, the UK used 1,029 M litres of bio-diesel in UK transport, of which approximately 65 M Litres were produced from UK feedstock, and of which 34 M Litres were manufactured from UK Used Cooking Oil (UCO). The government initially announced plans in the 2008 Budget to remove a 20 pence per litre duty differential for all bio-diesel from 2010, arguing that the tax discount could not distinguish be... [more]
EERC Foundation cellulosic biofuel technology converts biomass into liquid biofuels
Utilizing cellulosic materials to produce biofuels has several advantages. Cellulosic materials such as wood, grasses, or the nonedible parts of crops, including wheat straw, soybean hulls, and corn cobs, are vast and diverse feedstocks compared to first-generation feedstocks like corn starch or sugarcane. In addition, cellulosic fuels promise to become the lowest-cost biofuel while at the same time provide large reductions in greenhouse gas emis... [more]
Tidy Planet helps Loughborough University reduce their waste to landfill by 355 tonnes
Tidy Planet has helped Loughborough University win an award for outstanding achievements in recycling through use of the company’s on-site food waste solutions. The Waste Management Initiative Award recognises the results achieved by Tidy Planet and Imago Services - the university’s maintenance and catering department - across the university campus, with Loughborough University currently employing two of Tidy Planet’s Rocket® food recycling syste... [more]
The rubbish race is under way as waste plants turn waste mountains into money mountains
McBains Cooper has been appointed project co-ordinator on a number of UK waste management site developments as the world of rubbish is turned upside down by the latest generation of disposal and recycling equipment. This comes at a time when a fast-accelerating race is underway to buy as much rubbish as possible - fuelled by airport-standard technology. "Industry used to pay to have its rubbish taken away, now it invites bids for the privilege... [more]
Other Biodegradable waste news and reviews
Zero waste in Telluride? (Telluride Daily Planet)
In the summer of 2008, a waste consultant was hired to examine the state of trash in the region.
Residents call for biodegradable plastics in green bins (Orleans Star / Weekly Journal)
Participation in Ottawa's organics program might be higher if the city allowed residents to use biodegradable plastic bags. At a public meeting held Feb...
New types of plastics are envisioned (UPI)
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a multi-year study involving polymers could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics.
IBM and Stanford University Unveil Green Chemistry Breakthrough That Could Lead to New Types of Environmentally ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In a paper published in the American Chemical Society journal, Macromolecules, scientists from IBM and Stanford University detail discoveries that could lead to the development of new types of biodegradable, biocompatible plastics.
Disposable Toilet To Change the World (Slashdot)
captn ecks writes "A biodegradable and self-sterilizing bag for people of the toilet-disenfranchised world (40% of humankind) to dispose of their bodily waste and turn it into safe fertilizer has been created by a Swedish entrepreneur. It's a dead simple and brilliant solution to a vexing problem. From the article: 'Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals ...
Converted Organics Announces Tactical Relationship with Leading Fish Processor (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Converted Organics Inc. announced today that the Company and Acme Smoked Fish Corporation, one of the largest processors of smoked fish and herring in the United States, have agreed to work together in the collection, processing and conversion of food waste from Acme.
New machines will transform students’ leftover food into energy (The Diamondback)
By: Ben Present 60-day trial will start effort Dining Services is testing two new machines that will convert leftover food into usable waste. A machine at The Diner will convert food and other bio-degradable waste into water. At the South Campus Dining Hall, a soil amendment machine will transform the...
In the garden: All the scoop on poop: Using manure in the garden (Peninsula Gateway)
For lush growth, nourish rose gardens and mixed borders with compost. Compost: that earthy, lovely byproduct of decay that makes gardeners swoon (but only when it smells good and doesn’t have weed seeds).
Perkasie considers a pay, then pay as you throw, trash system (Perkasie News-Herald)
Perkasie combines its catchy “pay as you throw” trash slogan with the more standard “fee for service” idea behind most trash collection services.
Biodegradable plastic bag reportedly turns human waste into fertilizer. (Denver Post)
A Swedish entrepreneur is trying to market a biodegradable plastic bag as a single-use toilet in the developing world's urban slums.
