#wastetoenergy — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1245386/ US waste company plans 60MW waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam #CaliforniaWasteSolutions #DavidDuong #Environment #Innovation #InventionsAndMachines #Science #Sustainability #UK #UnitedKingdom #VietnamWasteSolutions #WasteToEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/ie/727124/ US waste company plans 60MW waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam #CaliforniaWasteSolutions #DavidDuong #Éire #Environment #IE #innovation #InventionsAndMachines #Ireland #Science #Sustainability #VietnamWasteSolutions #WasteToEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/africa/437727/ waste management: Kenya turned 45,000 tonnes of vegetable waste into biogas; the result powered farm operations with electricity generated from methane at Vegpro’s Naivasha facility daily #AgriculturalWasteEnergy #Biogas #IncinerationTechnology #Kenya #KenyaBiogasProjects #SustainableEnergySolutions #VegetableWaste #VegproNaivasha #WasteManagement #WasteToEnergy

‘Queimar tudo’: especialista aponta riscos socioambientais em projeto de Tarcísio para o lixo

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/podcast/brasil-de-fato-entrevista/2026/08/27/queimar-tudo-especialista-aponta-riscos-socioambientais-em-projeto-de-tarcisio-para-o-lixo/

‘Queimar tudo’: especialista aponta riscos socioambientais em projeto de Tarcísio para o lixo

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/podcast/brasil-de-fato-entrevista/2026/08/27/queimar-tudo-especialista-aponta-riscos-socioambientais-em-projeto-de-tarcisio-para-o-lixo/

Parliamentary inquiry into Melbourne waste-to-energy plants prompts calls for tougher regulations

Melbourne’s outer suburban residents have called for tougher standards on rubbish burning after the tabling of a waste-to-energy…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #communitysafety #emissions #Health #incinerators #landfill #parliamentaryinquiry #power #Science #trucks #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/868476/

Parliamentary inquiry into Melbourne waste-to-energy plants prompts calls for tougher regulations

Melbourne’s outer suburban residents have called for tougher standards on rubbish burning after the tabling of a waste-to-energy…
#Australia #Melbourne #communitysafety #emissions #health #incinerators #landfill #parliamentaryinquiry #power #trucks #wastetoenergy
https://www.europesays.com/australia/80197/

EcoNomad raises £400K to bring #WasteToEnergy tech to small livestock farms https://tech.eu/2026/08/19/economad-raises-ps400k-to-bring-waste-to-energy-tech-to-small-livestock-farms/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/386076/ India’s Ramky Eyes $2bn Ghana Investment, Including 24 MW Waste-to-Power Plant  #energy #Ghana #industrial #investment #Projects #proposed #the #waste #WasteToEnergy

Waste-to-Energy Program in the Philippines To Push Ahead

Following his inspection in Las Piñas City, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., announced that the government will push ahead with its waste-to-energy program, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Metro Manila was recently hit hard by heavy rain during the weekend of August 8-9 and flooding happened in many parts of the metropolis as garbage clogged waterways.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the PNA article. Some parts in boldface…

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Tuesday the government will push ahead with its waste-to-energy program as part of efforts to address garbage buildup in waterways and help mitigate flooding.

Marcos raised the issue after inspecting a high-vacuum self-priming drainage trailer pump in Barangay Zapote, Las Piñas City, amid heavy rains brought by two back-to-back tropical cyclones and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” in parts of Luzon.

The President said garbage had accumulated in waterways in nearby Parañaque City after floodwaters opened drainage channels, with high tide causing the waste to be trapped.

“Nakita niyo ‘yung mga picture, punong-puno ng basura ‘yung mga kanal na hindi naman galing sa Parañaque, galing sa ibang lugar ‘yun (You saw the pictures – the canals were full of garbage that did not come from Parañaque. It came from other places),” Marcos said.

He urged local government units (LGUs) and the public to dispose of waste properly, warning that garbage dumped indiscriminately could worsen flooding and cause significant damage.

Marcos said the government will continue its waste-to-energy program, which involves processing garbage to generate electricity.

“Kami naman sa pamahalaan, itutuloy na namin ‘yung sa waste-to-energy program. ‘Yun ‘yung kinukuha ‘yung basura at ito ay pino-process at ginagawang kuryente (For the government’s part, we will continue with the waste-to-energy program. It takes garbage, processes it, and turns it into electricity),” he said.

“Napakalaking bagay niyan kapag nagawa natin (That would be a very significant thing once we accomplish it).”

Marcos said waste-to-energy technology is already established, indicating that the government sees the program as a viable long-term measure for addressing the country’s waste problem.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the national government will succeed with pushing forward with the waste-to-energy program?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up

WACOT Limited,…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #AEIC2026 #AfricaEnergyInnovationChallenge #AfricaEnergyInnovationCompetition2026 #AfricanEntrepreneurs #AgriTechInnovation #AIandEnergy #Business #CA #Canada #CleanEnergyInnovation #EnergyGrantsAfrica #EnergyinnovationAfrica #EnergyStartups #GreenManufacturing #StartupGrantsAfrica #wastetoenergy #YouthEntrepreneurship #YouthInnovationAfrica
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/859015/

https://www.europesays.com/3195359/ Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up #AEIC2026 #AfricaEnergyInnovationChallenge #AfricaEnergyInnovationCompetition2026 #AfricanEntrepreneurs #AgriTechInnovation #AIAndEnergy #business #CleanEnergyInnovation #EnergyGrantsAfrica #EnergyInnovationAfrica #EnergyStartups #Entrepreneurship #GreenManufacturing #StartupGrantsAfrica #WasteToEnergy #YouthEntrepreneurship #YouthInnovationAfrica

Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up

WACOT Limit…
#NewsBeep #News #Entrepreneurship #AEIC2026 #AfricaEnergyInnovationChallenge #AfricaEnergyInnovationCompetition2026 #AfricanEntrepreneurs #AgriTechInnovation #AIandEnergy #AU #Australia #Business #CleanEnergyInnovation #EnergyGrantsAfrica #EnergyinnovationAfrica #EnergyStartups #GreenManufacturing #StartupGrantsAfrica #wastetoenergy #YouthEntrepreneurship #YouthInnovationAfrica
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/856120/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/638504/ Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up #AEIC2026 #AfricaEnergyInnovationChallenge #AfricaEnergyInnovationCompetition2026 #AfricanEntrepreneurs #AgriTechInnovation #AIAndEnergy #Business #CleanEnergyInnovation #Éire #EnergyGrantsAfrica #EnergyInnovationAfrica #EnergyStartups #Entrepreneurship #GreenManufacturing #IE #Ireland #StartupGrantsAfrica #WasteToEnergy #YouthEntrepreneurship #YouthInnovationAfrica

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1149859/ Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up #AEIC2026 #AfricaEnergyInnovationChallenge #AfricaEnergyInnovationCompetition2026 #AfricanEntrepreneurs #AgritechInnovation #AIAndEnergy #Business #CleanEnergyInnovation #EnergyGrantsAfrica #EnergyInnovationAfrica #EnergyStartups #Entrepreneurship #GreenManufacturing #StartupGrantsAfrica #UK #UnitedKingdom #WasteToEnergy #YouthEntrepreneurship #YouthInnovationAfrica

Deeside #AnaerobicDigestion plant approved to become UK's largest #WasteToEnergy facility - Bioenergy Insight Magazine https://www.bioenergy-news.com/news/deeside-anaerobic-digestion-plant-approved-to-become-uks-largest-waste-to-energy-facility/
#AD #WTE #EFW

https://www.europesays.com/africa/366005/ Morocco Advances $1.5 Billion Casablanca Waste-to-Energy Project #CasablancaWasteFacility #Morocco #WasteToEnergy

📢 JSWVCM Recruitment: Early Career Editorial Board

JSWVCM has officially launched a recruitment program for Early Career Editorial Board, inviting young scholars who are actively striving and have academic enthusiasm in related fields to join us.

📅 Deadline: 30 October 2026
📖 Learn more: https://www.icjn.net/news.php

🤝 Welcome to join us!

#Openacess #Academicpublishing #EarlyCareerEditorialboard #Editor #Journal #SolidWaste #GreenChemistry #ZeroWaste #WasteToEnergy #Hazardouswaste

𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭-𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨 𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚
𝟏𝟓-𝟎𝟕-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

#Termovalorizzatore #Termovalorizzatori #WasteToEnergy #WTE #EconomiaCircolare #TransizioneEcologica #Sostenibilità #GestioneRifiuti #RifiutiZero #parcodellerisorsecircolari

📢 Call for Papers: Journal of Solid Waste Valorization and Chemical Management

💡 The journal is rooted in the greendevelopment philosophy of "solid waste resource recovery and chemical risk control". Aiming to establish a professional academic platform.

📖 Join us — submit your work!

Journal Website: https://www.icjn.net/jswvcm

#SolidWaste #GreenChemistry #ZeroWaste #WasteToEnergy #CallForPapers #AcademicPublishing #ScientificPublishing #OpenAcess #OA

𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀: 𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈 𝐃𝐄𝐈 𝐍𝐔𝐎𝐕𝐈 𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐎 𝐋’𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐋’𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎

#Termovalorizzatore #Termovalorizzatori #WasteToEnergy #WTE #EconomiaCircolare #TransizioneEcologica #Sostenibilità #GestioneRifiuti #RifiutiZero #parcodellerisorsecircolari

“𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄” 𝟏𝟓 𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐓-𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈 𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐑

#Termovalorizzatore #Termovalorizzatori #WasteToEnergy #WTE #EconomiaCircolare #TransizioneEcologica #Sostenibilità #GestioneRifiuti #RifiutiZero #parcodellerisorsecircolari

𝐑𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐌𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐙𝐈𝐎
Stamattina è ripreso il presidio settimanale con un via vai continuo di camion. Piovra Capitale sa quali metodi utilizzare e oggi torniamo sul Direttore generale di Roma Capitale che esercita le funzioni istituzionali attraverso condotte mafiose. Non c'è che dire, cifra esemplare dell'amministrazione Gualtieri che continua a tenerselo stretto. Chissà mai perché?!?

#Termovalorizzatore #Termovalorizzatori #WasteToEnergy #WTE #parcodellerisorsecircolari

UK #WasteToEnergy #CarbonCapture project advances https://www.gasworld.com/story/uk-waste-to-energy-carbon-capture-project-advances/2253503.article/

Wet coffee waste becomes coal-grade fuel in under two minutes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/wet-coffee-waste-becomes-coal-grade-fuel-in-under-two-minutes/

Scientists Turn Wet Coffee Grounds Into Coal-Like Fuel in Just 90 Seconds

Credit: Pexels Each year, the world discards more than 10 million tons of spent coffee grounds, and most…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #biochar #carbonization #coffeewaste #flameplasmapyrolysis #RenewableEnergy #Science #spentcoffeegrounds #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/729402/

Scientists Turn Wet Coffee Grounds Into Coal-Like Fuel in Just 90 Seconds

Credit: Pexels Each year, the world discards more than 10 million tons of spent coffee grounds, and most…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #biochar #carbonization #coffeewaste #flameplasmapyrolysis #RENEWABLEENERGY #Science #spentcoffeegrounds #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/763915/

Fondi di caffè come combustibile: ricercatori coreani rilanciano il biochar
https://www.metallirari.com/fondi-caffe-combustibile-ricercatori-coreani-rilanciano-biochar/
Ricercatori del KIGAM hanno sviluppato un metodo di pirolisi al plasma di fiamma che trasforma scarti organici umidi, a partire dai fondi di caffè, in biochar ad alto valore energetico senza essiccazione preliminare.
#biochar #wasteToenergy #energiarinnovabile #pirolisi #KIGAM #scartiorganici #transizionEnergetica #fondicaffè #bioenergia #innovazione #metallirari #sostenibilità

https://www.europesays.com/ie/555818/ Scientists Turn Wet Coffee Grounds Into Coal-Like Fuel in Just 90 Seconds #biochar #carbonization #CoffeeWaste #Éire #Environment #FlamePlasmaPyrolysis #IE #Ireland #RenewableEnergy #Science #SpentCoffeeGrounds #WasteToEnergy

Why Wet Coffee Grounds Might Be The Next Waste-To-Energy Goldmine

A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have just found a…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AIdatacenterpowerdemand #biochar #biomassrecycling #CA #Canada #carbonsink #CleanEnergy #coffeewaste #flashplasmapyrolysis #KIGAM #Science #SouthKorearesearch #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/759322/

Why Wet Coffee Grounds Might Be The Next Waste-To-Energy Goldmine

A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have just found a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #AIdatacenterpowerdemand #biochar #biomassrecycling #carbonsink #CleanEnergy #coffeewaste #flashplasmapyrolysis #KIGAM #Science #SouthKorearesearch #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/724256/

Why Wet Coffee Grounds Might Be The Next Waste-To-Energy Goldmine

A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have just found a…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AIdatacenterpowerdemand #AU #Australia #biochar #biomassrecycling #carbonsink #CleanEnergy #coffeewaste #flashplasmapyrolysis #KIGAM #Science #SouthKorearesearch #wastetoenergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/758198/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/552524/ Why Wet Coffee Grounds Might Be The Next Waste-To-Energy Goldmine #AIDataCenterPowerDemand #biochar #BiomassRecycling #CarbonSink #CleanEnergy #CoffeeWaste #Éire #Environment #FlashPlasmaPyrolysis #IE #Ireland #KIGAM #Science #SouthKoreaResearch #WasteToEnergy

New plasma process converts wet coffee grounds into fuel in 90 seconds

Scientists have demonstrated a new plasma-based process that converts wet coffee waste into high-performance biochar without any pre-drying…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #biocharfuel #CA #Canada #coffeefuel #coffeewaste #Science #spentcoffeegrounds #wastetoenergy #waste-to-fuel
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/751824/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/?p=546172 New plasma process converts wet coffee grounds into fuel in 90 seconds #BiocharFuel #CoffeeFuel #CoffeeWaste #Éire #Environment #IE #Ireland #Science #SpentCoffeeGrounds #WasteToEnergy #WasteToFuel

https://www.europesays.com/ie/545659/ Fiji Blocks Controversial Australian-Backed Waste Incinerator Project #Éire #Emissions #Environment #fiji #IanMalouf #IE #incineration #Ireland #PacificIslands #RenewableEnergy #RobCromb #Science #Tourism #WasteImperialism #WasteToEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1039175/ New plasma process converts wet coffee grounds into fuel in 90 seconds #BiocharFuel #CoffeeFuel #CoffeeWaste #Environment #Science #SpentCoffeeGrounds #UK #UnitedKingdom #WasteToEnergy #WasteToFuel

#Indaver opens flagship #WasteToEnergy site in the UK https://www.belganewsagency.eu/indaver-opens-flagship-waste-to-energy-site-in-the-uk
#EnergyFromWaste

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1013349/ Modern waste-to-energy plants claim to be safe but these Melbourne residents aren’t convinced #EfW #EnergyFromWaste #Environment #Health #landfill #LandfillManagement #rubbish #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WasteToEnergy #WasteToEnergyFacilities #WTE

PAPER SLUDGE YIELDS RENEWABLE FUELS

Scientists found paper waste can make renewable fuels like bioethanol and biogas. This helps manage waste and reduce fossil fuel use.

#PaperRecycling, #Biofuels, #RenewableEnergy, #WasteToEnergy, #SustainableLiving

https://newsletter.tf/paper-sludge-to-renewable-biofuels/

Paper sludge, which creates 500 million tons of waste yearly, can now be turned into useful biofuels. This is a new way to use waste.

#PaperRecycling, #Biofuels, #RenewableEnergy, #WasteToEnergy, #SustainableLiving
https://newsletter.tf/paper-sludge-to-renewable-biofuels/

Bishkek Officially Inaugurates Central Asia’s First Waste-to-Energy Plant

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/bishkek-officially-inaugurates-central-asias-first-waste-to-energy-plant/

Bishkek Officially Inaugurates Central Asia’s First Waste-to-Energy Plant

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/bishkek-officially-inaugurates-central-asias-first-waste-to-energy-plant/

Bãi rác khổng lồ ở phường Bỉm Sơn, Thanh Hóa đã trở thành nỗi ám ảnh kéo dài hàng chục năm với người dân địa phương. Bãi rác luôn trong tình trạng quá tải, nước thải đen đặc chảy thẳng ra môi trường và đổ xuống ruộng lúa của người dân, gây ô nhiễm nghiêm trọng. Dự án điện rác nhằm giải quyết vấn đề này hiện đang "bất động", khiến tình hình thêm trầm trọng.

#BãiRác #ThanhHóa #ÔNhiễmMôiTrường #ĐiệnRác #MôiTrường #BỉmSơn #WasteManagement #ThanhHoa #Pollution #WasteToEnergy #EnvironmentalIssue #Rác

Liên quan đến thông tin về việc các nhà máy điện rác ở Hà Nội không có số liệu quan trắc, đại diện cơ quan chức năng đã lên tiếng.

Lãnh đạo Trung tâm Kỹ thuật Nông nghiệp và Môi trường Hà Nội khẳng định tất cả các nhà máy điện rác đều phải thực hiện quan trắc online 24/24. Dữ liệu này được truyền trực tiếp về cơ quan quản lý để giám sát chặt chẽ.

#ĐiệnRác #HàNội #QuanTrắcMôiTrường #TinTức
#WasteToEnergy #Hanoi #EnvironmentalMonitoring #Vietnam

https://vietnamnet.vn/thuc-hu-nha-may-dien-rac-o-

Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants choke nearby residents as pollution rules bypass them https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/delhi-waste-to-energy-plants-pollution-impact-alzg4953?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DelhiPollution #WasteToEnergy #AirQuality #PublicHealth #GRAP

Chinese Firms to Build Waste-to-Energy Plants in Astana and Shymkent

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/chinese-firms-to-build-waste-to-energy-plants-in-astana-and-shymkent/

Với diện tích đất hạn hẹp, Singapore đã chứng minh khả năng biến thách thức thành cơ hội bằng cách "biến rác thành vàng". Quốc gia này đã thành công trong việc quản lý rác thải đô thị, không chỉ xử lý an toàn mà còn tái chế thành năng lượng và vật liệu, đồng thời kiến tạo nên những cảnh quan sinh thái đặc sắc từ rác.

#Singapore #quanlyracthai #baovemoitruong #phattrienbenvung #dothithongminh
#WasteManagement #Sustainability #UrbanDevelopment #Environment #WasteToEnergy

https://vietnamnet.vn/si

As Albania's economy grows, so do its struggles with waste.

Albania has set its sights on joining the EU.

One of its biggest challenges in this respect is environmental reform, especially in the field of waste management, which is lagging behind the country's development.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251007-as-albanias-economy-grows-so-do-its-struggles-with-waste?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Albania #Waste #Recycling #Landfill #WasteToEnergy #Environment #Pollution

Hà Nội khánh thành nhà máy đốt rác phát điện Seraphin AMACCAO - công trình xanh xử lý 2.250 tấn/ngày. Một bước tiến trong xử lý rác và phát triển năng lượng sạch tại Việt Nam. #WasteToEnergy #GreenEnergy #SeraphinAMACCAO #Xanh #NăngLượngSạch #HàNội #MôiTrường

https://vietnamnet.vn/khanh-thanh-dien-rac-seraphin-amaccao-cong-trinh-xanh-kieu-mau-2444168.html

Barcelona Buses Run on Human Waste Biomethane for Five Years

#Biofuel #bus #HumanWaste #SustainableTransport #WastetoEnergy
https://blazetrends.com/barcelona-buses-run-on-human-waste-biomethane-for-five-years/?fsp_sid=96164

In Barcelona, certain buses run on biomethane produced from human waste.

For five years, researchers at Veolia − the company responsible for water distribution in Barcelona − have been working to recover sewage sludge in order to produce biomethane, a sustainable fuel that emits 80% less CO2 than natural gas.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250812-in-barcelona-certain-buses-run-on-biomethane-produced-from-human-waste?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Barcelona #Biomethane #PublicTransport #Busses #Carbon #Environment #Engineering #WasteToEnergy #CircularEconomy #Spain #Veolia

Discover how sustainable biomass sourcing reduces emissions, protects ecosystems, and powers resilient circular economy solutions for a greener, carbon-neutral future.
#Bioenergy #SustainableBiomass #BiomassSourcing #CleanEnergy #CircularEconomy #WasteToEnergy #EcoFriendly #RenewableEnergy
https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2025/07/why-sustainable-biomass-sourcing-is-key-to-greener-future.html

An excellent resource from #EcoMaine!

#FoodWaste and #Composting

"Did you know that almost a third of what we throw away is leftover or spoiled food? If Maine is to achieve a 50% recycling rate, we need to recover our food waste, too – it’s worth the weight!

"ecomaine added food waste recycling to our sustainable waste management solutions in order to help Maine reach its recycling goal. We continue to build food waste recycling capacity in southern Maine, serving as a central collection point for grocery stores, institutions, and participating cities and towns.

"Collected food waste is transported to #ExeterME’s #AgriEnergy [#AgricycleEnergy] to be de-packaged and anaerobically digested to produce sustainable power, organic farm #fertilizer, and cow bedding for the #Maine family dairy farm #StonyvaleFarm. Any packaging removed from the food waste is delivered back to ecomaine to be burned for energy—keeping all of it out of our #landfills!

"By making #composting, anaerobic digestion, and food waste recycling so easy, we encourage our communities to dispose of their waste responsibly.

"For more on compost that’s 'Worth The Weight,' check out our informational pamphlet!

#BackyardComposting

"Backyard composting is one of the easiest ways to keep organic material out of the trash. It also has some other great advantages:

- It doesn’t weigh your trash down as much.
- It doesn’t get into ecomaine‘s waste-to-energy plant, making our combustion more damp and less efficient.
- It’s easy – and “grass-cycling” (leaving clippings on the lawn) is better for your grass!
- It saves Maine’s towns money on collection and hauling.
- And it saves YOU money on trash bags!

"There are no trucks or driving involved – no carbon emissions! You just walk it out to your bin, and that’s it.

"In the end, composting produces rich #soil for flower and vegetable #gardens – without paying for it (again) at the store.

Drop Off Locations

"If you’re looking for a compost drop-off location, instead of putting it in your backyard, here are a few… If you know of one that’s not here, let us know! (Some facilities may be for residents only; we advise calling ahead if you’re not sure.)

[I've found that transfer stations are usually residents only...]

#BridgtonME Transfer Station
118 Sandy Creek Rd, Bridgton, ME, USA

#BrownfieldME Transfer Station
Pequawket Trail, Brownfield, ME, USA

#CapeElizabethME Recycling Center
10 Cooper Dr, Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA

#EliotME Recycling Center
468 Dow Highway, Eliot, ME, USA

#FalmouthME Community Park
Winn Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

#FalmouthME Transfer Station
100 Woods Rd, Falmouth, ME, USA

#FalmouthME Village Park
22 Hat Trick Drive, Falmouth, ME

#FreeportME Recycling Center
100 Landfill Road, Freeport, ME, USA

#NorthYarmouthME Town Hall / #SamRistichNatureTrail, North Yarmouth, ME, USA

#PortlandME: #BoydStreet #CommunityGarden
2 Boyd Street, Portland, ME

Portland: #BrentwoodFarms Community Garden
Brentwood Street, Portland, ME

Portland: #Libbytown Community Garden
175 Douglass Street, Portland, ME

Portland: #NorthStreetCommunityGarden
195 North Street, Portland, ME

Portland: Parkside/King Middle School
In the back of the school near the Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot
92 Deering Avenue, Portland, ME

Portland: #PaysonPark Community Garden
Dropoff located on Front Street.
Front Street, Portland, Maine

Portland: #ReicheSchool
Dropoff is on the Clark Street side.
166 Brackett Street, Portland, ME

Portland: #Riverton Community Garden
45 Verrill Street, Portland, Maine

#SacoME Dept. of Public Works
15 Phillips Spring Road, Saco, ME

Saco Parks & Rec
75 Franklin St, Saco, ME, USA

#ScarboroughME Public Works Facility
20 Washington Avenue, Scarborough, ME, USA

#SouthPortlandME City Hall
25 Cottage Rd, South Portland, ME, USA

South Portland Code Enforcement Office
496 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME

South Portland Golf Course Maint. Building
221 Westbrook Street, South Portland, ME, USA

South Portland High School
637 Highland Avenue, South Portland, ME, USA

South Portland Transfer Station
929 Highland Ave, South Portland, ME, USA

South Portland: Redback Community Center
95 Macarthur Circle West, South Portland, ME

#StandishME Transfer Station
150 Moody Rd, Standish, ME, USA

#SurryME: #ChickadeeCompost
Jill's Lane, Surry, Maine www.chickadeecompost.com

#VinalhavenME Transfer Station
178 Round the Island Rd, Vinalhaven, ME, USA

#YarmouthME Transfer Station
659 East Main Street, Yarmouth, ME, USA

Curbside Collection

And if you’re really not into the backyard thing, there are some companies who will pick it up for you!

- #WeCompostIt! (Greater Portland)
- #GarbageToGarden (Greater Portland)
- #ScrapDogs (Greater #CamdenME-#RockportME)
- #MrFoxComposting (Southern Maine & #NH)
- #ProjectEarth (Lincoln County)
- #ChickadeeCompost (All of #BlueHillME Peninsula, #DeerIsleME, #EllsworthME)
- #OneEarth Composting (#HampdenME)
- #AgriCycle Energy (Collection from businesses & organizations for anaerobic digestion – all over!)

Other Compost Resources:

Maine Department of Environmental Protection
207-592-0455

University of Maine Cooperative Extension
207-581-3188

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine – Food Recovery
207-581-3195

Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association [#MOFGA]
207-568-4142

#WormMainea
207-831-3752

#MainelyWorm Bins

#UncleJimsWormFarm
1-800-373-0555

Source (with links):
https://www.ecomaine.org/food-waste-and-composting/

#SolarpunkSunday #Composting #WormBins #ReducingWaste
#Landfills #Maine #WasteToEnergy

So, my neighbor (who is on our town's select board) made the excellent suggestion that places that are more rural should invest in providing low-cost or free composters for folks to compost their own food waste (something that #ecomaine encourages)! Some more urban areas use #GarbageToGarden or #WeCompostIt services [see next post] to deal with food waste, which is sometimes where #Agricycle gets involved! #EcoMaine has been partnering with Agricycle since 2016!

Ecomaine Launches Food Waste Recovery Service

Maine Public | By Patty Wight
Published September 7, 2016

"Open up a refrigerator and the chances of finding limp lettuce or soggy squash are pretty high. Here in the U.S., it’s likely that this food will find its way into the garbage — according to the USDA, at least 30 percent of the nation’s food supply is wasted.

"A new program launched Wednesday by ecomaine aims to get that food out of the trash and give it a second life as #compost or energy.

"When confronted with produce past its prime, says ecomaine’s CEO Kevin Roche, there’s really one major roadblock that steers people toward dropping it in the trash versus a compost bucket.

" 'The ‘ick’ factor is what I call it,' he says.

"Rotten food is messy, it smells and it attracts fruit flies. But Roche says ecomaine now has a unique way to manage the ick factor: by sealing that food waste in a clear plastic bag.

" 'You go to the grocery store, and when you buy your oranges or your head of broccoli, and the first thing you usually do is put it in a clear bag. And we feel that could be an avenue for us to contain the ick factor and get a second use out of that plastic bag,' he says.

"Starting Wednesday, ecomaine accepts food waste knotted up in plastic bags. Ecomaine doesn’t collect the bags itself. It consolidates waste picked up by commercial services, such as Garbage to Garden or #WeCompostIt!, at a cost of about $55 a ton.

"On Wednesday morning, a collection truck from #AgriCycleEnergy unloads a giant salad of rotten corn, peppers, tomatoes and other produce at ecomaine’s facility in Portland.

" 'We’re collecting from restaurants, colleges, hospitals, and a variety of other generators of food waste,' says Dan Bell, manager at Agri-Cycle Energy in #ExeterMaine, where all of this produce consolidated at ecomaine will eventually go.

" 'A special machine at Agri-Cycle Energy removes the plastic bags, which are returned to ecomaine to be burned for electricity. The food waste, meanwhile, is blended with an equal amount of cow #manure from a nearby dairy farm, then heated and churned for about 30 days using a process called anaerobic digestion.

" 'We have two large domes, and it’s essentially enclosed, so we’re capturing all of the gases in the process of breaking down food waste,' Bell says.

"The #biogas is used to produce heat and electricity. And the food waste, he says Bell, turns into #fertilizer and animal bedding.

" 'This is material that’s been in the waste stream forever. And it always will be. And it’ll always be something that has to be handled. But pulling it out and removing it and source separating it allows companies like ours and other #digesters across the country to put that material to work for us, versus just sitting in a landfill,' he says.

"Because food generally doesn’t break down in landfills. A couple years ago, Roche says ecomaine dug down into one of its landfills.

" 'We found chicken breasts that were 25 years old, tomatoes, Ruffles potato chips that were 25 years old,' he says.

"Roche says businesses and consumers can prevent food waste through correct planning. But when lost or forgotten food is discovered in the dark recesses of a fridge, that’s where ecomaine’s food waste recovery program comes in.

"Initially, he says, it won’t account for a huge chunk of what ecomaine processes, which amounts to 170,000 tons of trash and 45,000 tons of recycling per year.

" 'Even if we can get upwards of five tons a year, we feel that would be a good start to our program,' Roche says.

"It’s an important step, he says, toward reaching Maine’s statewide recycling goal of 50 percent by 2021."

[I'm wondering how close Maine is to that goal?]

Source:
https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2016-09-07/ecomaine-launches-food-waste-recovery-service

#SolarpunkSunday #Digesters #Composting #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine #Recycling #WasteToEnergy #Compost

So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).

Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...

ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant

"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.

"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!

"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).

"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "

Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/

Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf

#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine

Explore how bioenergy aligns with circular economy goals through technologies, environmental gains, economic impact, policy support, and global real-world adoption.
#CircularEconomy #Bioenergy #SustainableEnergy #RenewableEnergy #WasteToEnergy #GreenInnovation #BiomassEnergy #SustainableSolutions #CleanEnergyFuture #ZeroWasteLiving
https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2025/06/bioenergy-in-circular-economy-systems.html

Let's delve into the “Biomass Waste to Energy Conversion Process,” explore key benefits, and highlight challenges and future directions.
#Bioenergy #WasteToEnergy #BiomassPower
#CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #SustainableSolutions #EnergyTransition
#CircularEconomy #ClimateAction #LowCarbon #EnergyEfficiency #EcoInnovation #NetZero
https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2025/06/biomass-waste-to-energy-conversion-process.html

Someone is trying to set up a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu which has just gone before an Environmental Protection Authority hearing. The company confirmed they'll be burning plastic and tyres.

Nobody wants a toxic incinerator on their doorstep. Of 2,173 public submissions received, 97% are opposed.

A similar project planned for Glenavy outside Waimate which received government fast-tracking crashed and burnt in February after massive local opposition.

https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360725665/controversial-te-awamutu-waste-plant-would-burn-plastic-and-tyres/

#Waikato #WasteToEnergy #NZ

High contamination levels found around #EfW sites - letsrecycle.com https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/high-contamination-levels-found-around-efw-sites/
#EnergyFromWaste #WTE #WasteToEnergy