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Fri, 2012-06-08 00:00 — mdmcdonald

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Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods

Mon, 2012-09-10 23:38 — Maeryn Obley

Submitted by Samuel Bendett

ted.com - September, 2012

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Why We Rarely Feed Animals Food Scraps, Even In A Drought

Fri, 2012-09-07 14:25 — Maeryn Obley

Farm worker Jesus Francisco Cayetano feeds pigs a slop made from food scraps from casinos near North Las Vegas, Nev. in 2006.

Image: Farm worker Jesus Francisco Cayetano feeds pigs a slop made from food scraps from casinos near North Las Vegas, Nev. in 2006.

npr.org - September 6th, 2012 - Eliza Barclay

Last month we heard that a farmer in Kentucky was feeding his cattle discarded chocolate because corn was too expensive. Things are getting weird, we thought.

But it turns out this isn't a total anomaly: Elsewhere in the country, pigs and cattle are treated to bakery byproduct — bread, dough, pastries, even Cap'n Crunch — as our friends over at Harvest Public Media reported earlier this year.

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WASTECON 2012

Thu, 2012-08-16 17:24 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

wastecon.org

Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center
National Harbor - Washington, D.C. | August 14 - 16, 2012

Renewable and Sustainable Resources

SWANA's premier annual event celebrates its 50th Anniversary in the Nation's Capital at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, August 14-16, 2012. WASTECON brings together thousands of industry professionals for training courses, technical sessions and exhibits each year. And you won't want to miss the 50th anniversary event, taking place just minutes outside of Washington, D.C., at the gorgeous National Harbor.

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Swimming With the Trash: A Marine Drone Seeks to Scoop up Plastic

Thu, 2012-07-12 23:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

good.is - July 11, 2012

While there's been plenty of media pointing out or raising awareness about the disaster submerged right beneath sea level— the mountain-sized patch of plastic and other garbage that's been collecting in oceans around the world, particularly in the Pacific—there's less attention to some of the solutions that are currently in the works. Part of the reason is that the problem seems so huge (indeed, it's beyond the point of return) and so distant that it's not necessarily the easiest to conceive of steps to take action against.

Yet a crew of big-thinking designers has a concept for a trash-skimming and sensor-equipped "marine drone" that could detect trash in the ocean and scoop it into its net to be recycled. The drone is designed to navigate the ocean for two weeks at a time and would use an infrasound system to keep fish at bay.

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$62 Million Government Funding for Advanced Biofuels in U.S.

Thu, 2012-07-05 03:32 — Maeryn Obley

Submitted by Albert Gomez

waste-management-world.com - July 3rd, 2012

The U.S. Government is to make new funding available to pursue innovations in biofuel technologies that utilise non-food biomass feedstocks, waste based materials and algae to increase production of U.S. biofuels, and strengthen American energy security.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Navy and Department of Energy are pledging $30 million in federal funding to match private investments in commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels.

In addition, the Energy Department is making a total of $32 million in new investments for earlier stage research that it is hoped will continue to drive technological breakthroughs and additional cost reductions in the industry.

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Waste to Energy Critical for America Capitol Hill Told

Tue, 2012-07-03 23:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

waste-management-world.com - June 29, 2012

A forum on Capitol Hill, hosted by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) has heard that the energy potential of municipal solid waste is significant and critical to America's long-term energy future.

At the forum - Unlocking the Vast Potential of Energy Recovery - Cal Dooley, ACC president and CEO was joined by Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Bill Cassidy, M.D. and a panel of business leaders and experts.

The expanded use of energy recovery as an abundant and alternative energy source was the topic of debate as policymakers outlined legislative strategies for boosting private sector investments, and industry leaders highlighted the latest emerging trends and technologies for recovering energy from waste.

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Loo turns poo into power

Wed, 2012-06-27 18:32 — Corey Watts

www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com - June 27, 2012

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilizers and also reduce the amount of water needed for flushing by up to 90 percent compared to current toilet systems in Singapore.

Dubbed the No-Mix Vacuum Toilet, it has two chambers that separate the liquid and solid wastes. Using vacuum suction technology, such as those used in aircraft lavatories, flushing liquids would now take only 0.2 liters of water while flushing solids require just one liter.

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Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

Fri, 2012-06-22 20:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A class 2 brine disposal well in western Louisiana near the Texas border. The well sat by the side of the road, without restricted access. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)

propublica.org - by Abrahm Lustgarten - June 21, 2012

Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation's geology as an invisible dumping ground.

No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers or onto the soil. But until recently, scientists and environmental officials have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the waste for millennia.

There are growing signs they were mistaken.

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