Mining the Urban Waste Stream for Energy: Options, Technological Limitations, & Lessons form the Field

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Year: 1996
Pages: 98
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756730260

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John Ashworth. Urban liquid & solid wastes (UW) are a problem worldwide. Yet UW can also be seen as valuable resource -- “urban gold”. UW contains valuable materials such as aluminum & steel that can be recovered & sold. The vegetative portions of UW can produce a BTU gas that can be used for household cooking, or electricity generation. Combustible fractions of the UW stream -- paper, cardboard, plastic -- have a high energy content that can be “mined” to meet energy needs. Chapters: avail., characteristics, & disposition of UW; tech. for converting UW to energy; tech. applications & innovations in developing countries; economics of converting developing country UW to energy; & greenhouse gas reductions: lessons & strategies. Charts & tables.

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