Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens

submitted by Albert Gomez

environmentalleader.com - September 12, 2011

Google has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on a hog finishing facility 25 miles west of Winston-Salem, N.C., converts hog waste into electricity and creates carbon-offset credits. . . .

In other “dirty” business news, Canadian company Knowaste has announced it will be building the U.K.’s first diaper-recycling facility as part of a £25 million ($40 million) investment in the country, the Press Association reports.

The plant, which will also recycle feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, will be in West Bromwich in the West Midlands and is the first of five facilities planned for the UK, the PA says. Knowaste said it will sterilize and separate the materials, recovering plastic and fiber that can be used for roof tiles and other construction products.

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/google-invests-in-hog-waste-energy-diaper-recycling-plant-opens/