garbage Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:34:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Rapid Re(F)use Initiative Could Turn New York’s Trash Into New Islands https://www.greenoptimistic.com/rapid-refuse-initiative-turns-nycs-trash-into-new-islands-20130723/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/rapid-refuse-initiative-turns-nycs-trash-into-new-islands-20130723/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:34:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39712 A new initiative called Rapid Re(F)use has an aim to recycle and reuse New York’s waste by turning it into various structures and islands instead of sending it to landfills. Supported by Mayor Bloomberg, the project is set to aid the city council handle the 12,000 tons of waste produced by the city each day. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/rapid-refuse-initiative-turns-nycs-trash-into-new-islands-20130723/feed/ 0 39712 New Plant in Arizona Turns Garbage Into Gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-plant-in-arizona-turns-garbage-into-gas-20130507/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-plant-in-arizona-turns-garbage-into-gas-20130507/#respond Tue, 07 May 2013 19:16:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37000 The Spanish engineering company Abengoa announced that they will invest $110 million to build a plant, which will turn garbage into electricity. The new factory will be located in the city of Glendale, Arizona. Abengoa states that the construction will take around 20 months. The factory will be owned by Vieste Energy, a Chicago-based energy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-plant-in-arizona-turns-garbage-into-gas-20130507/feed/ 0 37000 Electricity to be Generated From Garbage Landfills Using Plasma https://www.greenoptimistic.com/garbage-plasma-plant-make-electricity-20081112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/garbage-plasma-plant-make-electricity-20081112/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:33:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1193 Unlike incinerators, which use combustion to break down garbage, there is no burning, or oxidation, in this process. The heat from plasma converters causes pyrolysis, a process in which organic matter breaks down and decomposes. Plasma torches can operate in airtight vessels. Combustion requires oxidization; pyrolysis does not.

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