by Tom Blees
U.S. residents generate approximately 4.5 pounds of solid waste per person per day. That's more than 245 million tons in a single year!
Landfills can be a thing of the past! An environmentally sound and technologically advanced waste-to-energy solution, the plasma recycler, can now recycle solid waste.
Plasma gasification technology can also be applied to convert any carbon-containing feedstock into clean energy and valuable byproducts. These include biomass, biosolids, coal, tar sands, hazardous wastes, and petroleum refining byproducts. See how it works:
You can read the chapter on plasma recyclers from Prescription for the Planet online right here.
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