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as the dump was filled pipes were laid to collect the methane and is used by the city to make steam that drives generators for city street lights,
What an excellent idea. It proves the saying true: Where there's muck, there's brass!
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quote:- `County Council bosses say have been consulting on the issue for the last 10 years.` With whom ?????
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Jim, could they have been discussing this with our friends over the pond. They seem to be more in the picture than anyone who lives here.??
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Years ago ,someone ( I forget who) told me that the electrical power required to run the tramcars at Blackpool was generated by burning the waste collecteed in the town, I wonder if anyone else has heard of this, is that indeed what occurrs ?
I have heard recently that this technology is frequently used in Sweden, I personally would like to know more about such schemes as the idea appeals , as someone has previously pointed out the city of Toronto ( I don't live there ) has a fleet of several hundred trucks employed to deliver it's waste each day to some landfill site in Michigan USA. There must be some short term financial advantage to someone/body in doing this, but even so the notion of shipping waste hundreds of km. to a landfill site doesn't seem the right thing to do, to me , especially when the technology to deal with the problem is available !
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Many years ago, the Company I worked for had to dispose of large amount of asbestos based products ( brake linings, clutch facings etc.)
The disposal was into disused coal workings, where these were placed and back-filled with rubble, possibly in the hope that out of sight was out of mind. A lot of underground workings have been used this way, a legacy for the future, perhaps. The site was also used by other firms with products for disposal.
As an aside - how is nuclear waste disposed of??? Another thread maybe, I once visited Sellafield.
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my dad is involved with this, so if anyone wishes to help raise the 60k required to pay for the appeal, then please PM me ur details and ill pass them on.
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Wasn't there something on ITV news last night to say petitioners against the recycling plant had lost their appeal?
