(yes, I know that paper and plastic are "organic" - carbon based. I also know the way governments run--once a process is enacted, in this case recycling, it never goes away.)
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well no. the ticket would be to give the waste to a private company for a fee--a small fee. so that instead of municipal waste being in the debit in government budgets--municipal waste would be an asset.
I agree, it would make sense to privatize the process and a possible revenue stream for a municipality! My comments were meant to be sarcastic about the way governments actually run - with so much already invested in the business of recycling, I would expect change to actually take place in small, incremental steps.
Like I said ealier N.Y. garbage is sent to Ohio landfills it would seem to me that if Ohio would put in one of these plants then charege N.Y. to dispose of their garbage then sell the oil created back to N.Y. it would be a great boom to Ohio economy.
"municipal waste would be an asset."
You are spot on, here. The municipality I work for runs a landfill and a sewage treatment plant. They are in the early planning stages to pursue this (after I showed them several articles two years ago.)
The big hold up right now? Capitalization, times are tough in California. If this had been developed 7 years earlier, we would already have had the plant built and operating. If I had the money, I'd finance it myself in a heartbeat.
It will be interesting to see how this works out in Philadelphia. I suspect they will find dozens of major cities jumping in as soon as the process shows results.