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Re: tykundegex post# 5091

Thursday, 08/20/2009 9:35:04 AM

Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:35:04 AM

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I love waste to energy scenarios myself. The btu's for a lb of plastic are tremendously higher than an equivelent lb of oak or coal, and burns hotter. However, in regard to household waste, then the company would have to contract with the waste haulers like Republic or Waste management. However, this poses a ton of variable due to multiple contamination elements in the plastic containers. Additional processes are needed to have it ready to process either in diesel or in ground form for re-use. Those process include air or liquid wasH after a grinding or pulverizing process. At that point is there too much cost in the materials where the feedstocks are too high for a waste to energy conversion? The answer is usually yes.