waste to energy – Crazy About Compost

How these Massachusetts farmers are turning manure and food waste into power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=100&v=bmX1sowEo8g&feature=emb_logo While I'm a fan of keeping organic materials out of the landfill, I'm not a fan of burning methane, either. Notice there's no mention of finished compost from this process? Therefore, this process is totally misleading by calling itself "renewable". If you're converting organics into methane gas and then burning it, the organics are now gone for good (not renewable). There's no compost resulting from this process that would then be able to grow more food. Better than landfills, better than incineration, but not good enough.

New Report from GAIA on the Perils of Incineration

GAIA just dropped a killer new report on the perils of incineration. What does this have to do with composting, you may ask? Incineration directly competes with composting (and recycling) programs by destroying perfectly good material and turning it into brand-new toxins to inhale. Better yet, both composting and recycling are more cost effective, practical solutions that create more jobs than incineration. We already know how bad incinerators (pyrolysis, gasification, waste-to-energy) are in terms of the pollutants they spew out (dioxin, NOx, SOx, arsenic, mercury, ash, etc), but this report appeals to even the most conservative bean counters. Incinerators are the most expensive high-risk solution to dealing with waste. Here's the official press release and link to the report: Berkeley, U.S. — A new risk analysis from GAIA finds that companies…

Tulsa, OK Chooses Incineration Over Composting (article)

Article reposted from: http://www.energyjustice.net/content/tulsa-ok-chooses-incineration-over-composting Tulsa, OK Chooses Incineration Over Composting August 14, 2014 — Josh - by Jarrel Wade, August 6, 2014, Tulsa World Trash board members voted Tuesday to begin the process of seeking bids for contractors to pick up curbside green waste and take it to the city’s burn plant. The recently introduced plan from the Tulsa Authority for Recovery of Energy is to send green waste to the city’s burn plant permanently, essentially ending Tulsa’s curbside green-waste program as it was originally promised. The TARE board vote authorizes staff to invite bids from contractors for board evaluation and possible acceptance at future meetings. The vote followed discussion about several contractual obligations that hindered implementation of the new plan. TARE officials have said their goals are to keep…