This is a must read.......... Study finds treme

This is a must read..........

Study finds tremendous energy potential from municipal solid waste

REFUSE-DERIVED FUEL (RDF), PLASTICS TO OIL, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT/EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Landfilled waste could provide 12 percent of U.S. power needs, according to Columbia University report.

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A new study conducted by the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) of Columbia University has found that if all of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that is currently put into landfills each year in the United States were diverted to waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants, they could generate enough electricity to power nearly 14 million homes annually, or 12 percent of the U.S. total. According to the study, this shift also could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 123 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year, an amount comparable to taking more than 23 million cars off our roads.

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If your serious..read the report....it's quite upsetting to see what is wasted here......and begs the question....."why are we not doing this?"

report: http://www.americanchemistry.com/Policy/Energ...astics.pdf