Success stories-Material exchange At a small coastal Industrial zone Kalundborg near Copenhagan an exemplary material exchange is being practiced. The exchange involves a 1500M.W. Power plant,(Asuaes Power Station),a 3.2 million metric tones capacity oil refinery,(Stat Oil),a 14 million square meters of Gypsum Board manufacturing unit,(Gyproc),an Intermational Biotechnology company with a sales in excess of $2 [...]

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Poonam Kasturi calls herself Compost Wali. On a unique mission, she wants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a ‘clean’ difference to the society, by converting waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner. Her organic business venture Daily Dump offers different types of composters that convert the waste generated in one’s  [...]

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“Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen as complementary and both should receive subsidies. Green waste is biodegradable waste, usually from gardens and parks, [...]

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In urban slum areas without proper waste disposal and rubbish collection systems the build up of household waste is a huge problem. One of WaterAid’s projects in India has found a novel approach to tackle this dilemma and generate income. Their solution lies with worms. The community living in the Kalmanthai slum in Tiruchirapalli has [...]

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Reuse and recycling of wastes has great economical promise. Industrial woody waste, agricultural wastes, pruned branches, bagasse and chaff can be gainfully recycled to produce Ethanol. The Technology centers round recycling, material recovery and fuel recovery. The acid hydrolysis process is used to decompose hemi cellulose to pentose with a main ingredient of Xylose. The [...]

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