Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume IV, Issue
51, December 22,
2014
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
Tis just about Christmas,
Hanukah, and
Kwanza
Krampusnacht, Winter Solstice,
whatever yer
pleasah
The bright LED lights are up,
the E-cards are all
sent
Guests are arriving, if
somewhat weathered and
bent…
Around the globe our thoughts
turn to
family
And food, and friendship, and
resource
recovery
100% Recycling dreams dance
through our
heads:
Divert from our landfills 'til
Disposal is
Dead!
December's winter time, north
of the
equator
Too cool for composting - use
your
InSinkErator
Philadelphia's ready for that
increased
digestion
Organics down the drain mean
more Biogas
generation
The Smart City of Surrey has
got it
together
Gathering food scraps in that
cold Canadian
weather
Their ENERGYShift Plan: run
trucks on food
waste
Shanks got the build-out
contract; now, make
haste!
Pure Energy Group's digesters
aren't
gargantuan
Turn yer brewery waste to
biogas? You bet they
can!
Meanwhile, Mercurius boils
their biomass in
booze
Making low value wood chips
into high-value
oooze
Want plastic feedstock? 5 Gyres
says, Go
Fish!
Plastic to fuel oil, now
there's a Christmas
wish
5 trillion bits of plastic
waste afloat on the
seas
Clean it up and cleanly convert
it - pretty
please?
Remember: Biogas and Biodiesel
can cleanly run a
bus
And who's watching Clean
Conversion? …that would be,
us.
Teru Talk's heart-felt wish for
our planet's
health:
Let's
turn our garbage to goods, and
our waste back to
wealth!
Hey Rube!
This season we're watching with
glee as folks around the globe
are figuring out that clean
waste conversion is a natural
part of smart city
infrastructure. The Right Tools
are available, getting smaller
and cleaner every day. We
certainly have enough trash to
convert - and even the U.S.
giant Waste Management gets it
(finally) - the company's 2014
Sustainability Report:
"Creating a Circular Economy"
reads like a Christmas Card to
the nation.
This Week's Top Story
Vega
Biofuels Contracts with
Vencor to Meet Bio-Coal
Demand
Norcross, Georgia based Vega
Biofuels, Inc has entered into
a five year Agreement with
Colorado company Vencor
International, Inc that will
provide Vega with sufficient
Bio-Coal to meet its current
demand.
12/18/2014
The Week's News
Shanks
Selected for Surrey Organics
Biofuel Processing Facility
in
Canada
Shanks Group plc has announced
that Iris Solutions, a
consortium led by Orgaworld
Canada, part of Shanks’
Organics Division, has been
selected as the preferred
proponent for the Surrey
Biofuels Processing Facility
project in Canada.
12/19/2014
Renmatix
Acquires REAC Fuel's
Intellectual
Property
Pennsylvania based Renmatix,
Inc has announced its
acquisition of the intellectual
property rights and know-how of
Swedish company REAC Fuel.
12/109/2014
WERF Funds
Research for Recovery of
Commodities from
Wastewater
The Water Environment Research
Foundation (WERF) has awarded
contracts for three new
projects that examine
wastewater as a resource.
12/19/2014
Bioenergy
Association of California
Applauds CPUC Decision on
Bioenergy
The Bioenergy Association of
California (BAC) applauds the
California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) for its
December 18, 2014 decision to
advance community scale
bioenergy development.
12/19/2014
Iogen and
Raizen Start Commercial
Production of Cellulosic
Ethanol in
Brazil
Iogen Corporation and Raízen
have announced that they have
begun production of cellulosic
ethanol on schedule at Raízen's
newly expanded Costa Pinto
sugar cane mill in Piracicaba,
São Paulo, Brazil.
12/18/2014
International Study
Reports 5 Trillion Plastic
Pieces Afloat in World's
Oceans
Open access journal PLOS One
has published an
internationally collaborative
study led by Marcus Eriksen of
the Los Angeles based Five
Gyres Institute entitled,
Plastic Pollution in the
World's Oceans: More than 5
Trillion Plastic Pieces
Weighing over 250,000 Tons
Afloat at Sea.
12/18/2014
Guelph
Researchers Have Recipe for
Wet Farm Waste: Cook into
Energy
University of Guelph (UofG)
researchers are studying how to
make biofuels from farm waste,
especially “wet” waste that is
typically difficult to use.
12/18/2014
ATS Pilots
Recyllose Recovery Process
at Scottish
WWTP
California based Applied
CleanTech (ACT) has announced
that its pilot project to test
its SRS sewage recycling
technology for wastewater being
conducted with Scottish Water
is showing promising results.
12/17/2014
BioNitrogen
Contracts With Saipem for
EPC Services to Furnish Urea
Plants
Florida company BioNitrogen
Holdings Corp has announced
that it has signed an agreement
with Italy based Saipem to
provide BioNitrogen with
engineering, procurement,
project management and
construction services (EPC) for
its urea manufacturing
facilities.
12/17/2014
Pacific Ag
Seeking Growers for Residue
Management Pilot
Program
Oregon based Pacific Ag, LLC
has announced that it is
seeking High Plains corn
growers within a 100-mile
radius of Hugoton, Kansas, to
participate in a residue
management pilot program.
12/17/2014
MagneGas
Deploys Manure Sterilization
System to Major US Hog
Farm
MagneGas Corporation has
announced that it has completed
construction of its Venturi™
sterilization system at a major
hog farm in Indiana that raises
over 40,000 pigs per year.
12/15/2014
US EPA
Releases "Definition of
Solid Waste" 2014 Final
Rulemaking
The US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has released a
Final Rulemaking on the
Definition of Solid Waste (DSW)
as part of the national
Resource Conservation and
Recycling Act (RCRA), together
with an Environmental Justice
(EJ) analysis.
12/15/2014
WM Releases
2014 Sustainability Report:
Creating a Circular
Economy
Houston, Texas based Waste
Management, Inc has released
its 2014 Sustainability Report
titled "Creating a Circular
Economy", which documents the
company's progress on
recycling, energy production,
transforming waste into
valuable resources, and helping
businesses move toward zero
waste.
12/15/2014
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