I came across this article today and had a bit of a chuckle. I have been saying for two decades that I did not understand why they could not find a way to compact and chop up waste into finer components to ease the burden on landfills, and then reuse that waste.This doesn't address the fact that we have too much waste going into our landfills to begin with in our over consumption, consumerism society. Freecycle.org was formed for that very reason and is set up to encourage people to give away their "trash" to someone who can use it. Afterall, one person's trash is another person's treasure.
The name of this new device is the Powermaster ReCyclone and it claims to do some amazing things.
"The PowerMaster ReCyclone™ acts like the wind inside a tornado, grinding garbage into tiny pieces and shrinking the need for extra landfill space. Not only does the grinder reduce landfill space by up to 97%, but it is a key component in converting waste into energy.Wow! Can this be true? Not only can we free up our landfills, and have less of a toxic load on our environment, but we can use the trash for energy? The skeptic in me says it sounds to be good to be true but the optimist in me is infinitely hopeful.
PowerMaster ReCyclone™ technology reduces waste in landfills, turns waste into energy, and recycles waste produced. Trash becomes electricity or a variety of compost material, organic waste becomes diesel, and plastic turns into oil."
Another tidbit from the article:
"For some perspective, the ReCyclone can get more gold out of electronic devices than from a gold mine (one metric ton of circuit boards contains between 80 and 1,500 grams of gold, which is 40 to 800 times the concentration of gold available in gold ore mined in the United States) and 1 kilogram of plastic recycled in the machine can yield 95 percent of 1 liter of diesel."
I give the company credit for their graphic on the front page
of their website. Love the green earth globe in the hand.The article on PR News Channel discusses Europe's garbage crisis and how this product could work across 17 vertical markets the company has identified. It all sounds very amazing, and I truly hope it is as viable as they claim.
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