Wouldn't it be nice?

Good Morning Fifteen minutes after being installed, they would be hanging on the dirty kitchen's wall

 

I am not surprised, people create alot of waste under the best conditions with public nannys nagging about recycling. Imagine Manila, I don't believe they have a clue as to how many people are in the metro area but they say 14 million? If the average waste is 1 LB / half kilo a day the number of tons per year is staggering. I realize that the poor may only produce a couple of ounces a day but I think someone else is probably making up for it. One day the dumps may be reopened and mined for resources on a large sacle. I am starting to think of them as a piggy bank. I quit separating my trash, but I still pride myself that my trash makes it to the dump and much of the neighbors trash does not, it blows down the street. I do recycle the plastic bags I get at the stores to line waste baskets, return excess to the stores recycling box when I have way too much and other small efforts.

 

The technology is already here...
Here in Ipswich Queensland, our little City is the leader in many aspects of what is new in our State, With open Mine Pits littering Ipswich and it's surrounding Districts, many are now leasing the Pits to Large Enterprise who are lining the Pits around the Swanbank area with heavy vinyl sheeting, then rolling out Clay to seal, covered by more heavy duty vinyl sheeting, more Clay and so on until it is deemed satisfactory that nothing will leach into the Waterways or underground Water Table, then it is filled with Organic waste, rolled and compacted, laced with piping and so on until they fill the Pits, then wait for the Organic materials to begin decaying to produce Methane Gas.

At one stage, Swanbank Power Station which was one of the largest Coal powered producers of Electricity, fitted a Gas Turbine and began knocking down the large Coal Towers eventually switching out to a larger Gas Turbine for producing Electricity, in part powered by the Gas captured from the Landfills.

Landfills are notorious for producing large quantities of Methane Gas which is why they are normally relegated to Recreational parks for the Public, but take note of any old Dump that has been closed down and filled, there are many tall Pipes around for leaching off the excess methane, here in Bundamba they also have Warning Stations to monitor the amount of Methane in the air as it also can cause illness if levels rise too high.

Another Eco friendly Project in Bundamba, Ipswich is the Water Treatment Plant. Back around 1980, Councillor Eddie De Vere on the Sunshine Coast in QLD placed a clear Glass under the initial outflow of treated Water from the Maroochydore Water Treatment Plant and DRANK IT! The Sewerage Water can be treated so well it is beyond pure, which is why there were many large Fish Kills in the Maroochy River, the water was TOO CLEAN for the Fish!

The Bundamba Water Treatment Plant was built after a very long record period of Drought when local Dams were close to depleted or were already empty, which was then followed by the Floods of 2011 which saw I think more than 75% of Queensland go under in the Floods when they mistakenly held onto the Water as it was liquid Gold to the Government to sell to the public, then Wivenhoe Dam reached capacity faster than expected, the local Population were screaming their concerns, but there is no way to persuade a Member of Government with Dollar $igns in their eyes...

But Rubbish, be it used to burn and power Turbines, used to capture Methane Gas, used as Organic Fill for reclaiming Land, Water from Sewerage need not be pumped into local waterways, it can be treated for Industrial or Public use including Drinking while the solids removed for Organic uses.

I hope one day to live completely off of the Grid...


Swanbank Power Station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanbank_Power_Station


Focus issue: Landfill Gas Recovery
http://www.wme.com.au/categories/waste_managemt/Dec6_2012.php


Bundamba Plant begins to produce Recycled Water
http://www.waterworld.com/articles/2007/09/bundamba-plant-begins-to-produce-recycled-water.html



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