While this misguided attempt to make money off of high gas prices is going on, America for the most part throws its organic garbage into plastic bags that are sent to landfills, where it decays and pollutes ground waters. But what if municipalities across the country passed ordinances requiring homeowners to keep their organic garbage—paper, leaves, yard waste, kitchen scraps, and so on—separate? What if all this garbage was not discarded, but was taken to centers where it was treated with simple enzymes that turn starches into sugars, and those sugars were fermented into ethanol?
Wouldn't it be better to 'recommend' that people compost their own garbage as much as possible? While those who refused to do so would either pay for someone else to do it, or higher garbage collection rates? How much ethanol would a ton of organic waste yield? Would it be worth the expense?
Wouldn't it be better to 'recommend' that people compost their own garbage as much as possible? While those who refused to do so would either pay for someone else to do it, or higher garbage collection rates? How much ethanol would a ton of organic waste yield? Would it be worth the expense?
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