LONDON - What we throw away could soon be used to power our cars, if projects to produce ethanol from commercial waste are ramped up.

Some companies are exploring the environmental and financial benefits of putting waste to good use and are developing technology to produce bioethanol.

Sujay Mehdudia

AMSTERDAM: With a spirit of zero waste tolerance, Amsterdam is making the most of waste.

Its garbage has turned out to be a fortune for the City of Amsterdam Waste and Energy Company (AEB) which is tasked with turning refuse into sustainable energy and raw materials.

The Materials Technology Section (MTS), with the support of the Environment Technology Section and the Marketing and Business Development Department of the ITI has designed and installed a boiler which can use waste polyester material from the garment factories processed into briquettes, as the fuel source for the boilers.

With landfill sites full to the brim, MCD has no option but to explore new methods to manage waste
Ruhi Bhasin & Neha Lalchandani | TNN

Having exhausted its three landfill sites and with no alternative places ready, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now pinning its hopes on any technology that will bail it out of the rather messy situation of waste management.

Chandigarh: A 2-MW biomass waste-based co-generation power plant has been commissioned at Yamunanagar at a cost of Rs 15.23 crore at Bharat Starch Industries, said Sumita Misra, Director, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). The plywood waste, available in huge quantity in Yamunanagar, will be used in the project, she added.

If things work according to plan, villages in Jharkhand will soon generate electricity for their own consumption. Dhanbad-based Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research has shown them the way.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The biotech centre for development of biogas technology and other non-conventional energy sources will implement a project for converting wastes causing environmental pollution to fuel for automobiles.

Vishal Sharma / Agra December 08, 2008, 0:44 IST

Runs on synthesis gas, could bag order from the US.

Ever since the manufacture of conventional technology generators was prohibited in Agra due to pollution concerns, the generator manufacturers of Agra have been looking at various technological options to boost their business.