Turning landfill into energy
March 7, 2018 by Jon Cartwright, From Horizon, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine
Advanced gasification methods can turn any waste except metal and rubble into fuel for electricity. Credit: Pixabay/ Prylarer
Landfill is both ugly and polluting. But a new breed of technology promises to make it a thing of the past, transforming a huge portion of landfill material into clean gas.
It's thanks to a process called gasification, which involves turning carbon-based materials into gas by heating them to a high temperature but without burning them. The gas can be stored until it is needed for the generation of electricity.
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https://phys.org/news/2018-03-landfill-energy.html#jCp
