recycle waste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 07:35:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 High Schooler’s Recycling Program is a Success Three Years Later https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycling-program-high-school-branford/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycling-program-high-school-branford/#respond Wed, 09 Dec 2015 07:35:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58101 A high school student in Branford, Connecticut started a local recycling program during her sophomore year in high school, and three years later it is till successful. So successful, in fact, that the program paid for itself this year. The program was the first of its kind in the state of Connecticut. Etta Hanlon is now […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/recycling-program-high-school-branford/feed/ 0 58101 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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