Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Positive News -- I was pleased to hear that Surrey, BC (Canada) is going to build a 68 million organic bio-fuel facility that will be able to process 80,000 tons of organics annually. Surrey will collect kitchen and yard organic waste from more than 100,000 homes diverting it to the facility, aiding them in reaching their 70% zero waste initiative by 2015. The facility will then process the organic waste creating a natural gas bio-fuel which will then be used to power the waste collection vehicles. The "waste" product from the facility will be humus (the finished product from composting) which can be distributed to city parks, local gardeners and farmers, etc. Keeping organics out of the landfill and building healthy soil is a huge step towards a sustainable planet. Some waste-to-energy facilities that burn trash are quite controversial, as opposed to those that collect gases released from decomposing waste (as mentioned above). Burning trash is not...