Telco said:Should be possible as they have to do something with the solid waste.
A different direction here, I'd like to see all large cities start using a garbage powered generator to get rid of landfills. These little gems will take anything in and turn it into glass, electricity and fuel.
From the article:
"The entire thing takes up about as much space as a two-car garage, surprisingly compact for a machine that can consume nearly any type of waste—from dirty diapers to chemical weapons—by annihilating toxic materials in a process as old as the universe itself."
"The only by-products are an obsidian-like glass used as a raw material for numerous applications, including bathroom tiles and high-strength asphalt, and a synthesis gas, or “syngas”—a mixture of primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be converted into a variety of marketable fuels, including ethanol, natural gas and hydrogen."
renewablejohn said:You can get shredders nowadays to shred virtually anything. we use a shredder instead of a chipper as it will handle nails bolts screws etc and with the addition of a magnet the amount of metal clinker has been reduced dramatically.
I always wonder were the catch is when somebody has been developing something as good as this for twenty years and it has not taken off. Might be asking to much for patents or cost to much to scale up.
LEES WOOD-CO said:Most waste that is incinerated goes through a sorting line first to remove large objects that would damage a grinder or shredder . Hey Goose if you have doubts about what a shredder can do check out www.ssiworld.com and click on watch it shred, you'll be amazed.
Redox said:LEES WOOD-CO said:Most waste that is incinerated goes through a sorting line first to remove large objects that would damage a grinder or shredder . Hey Goose if you have doubts about what a shredder can do check out www.ssiworld.com and click on watch it shred, you'll be amazed.
These guys have a sense of humor, too! Click on "Hippie Bug"! It's pretty funny!!