Teru Talk Newsletter
Volume IV, Issue
7, February 17,
2014
Teru Talk by Michael
Theroux (pronounced
"Terú")
Teru's Trash Talk
My mother
reads our newsletter (Hi,
Mom). She says she's always
amazed at how many
different ways I can say
the same thing. Yeah, well
… fair
enough.
Let's
look at this term Trash
(/traSH/) a little
closer:
noun
1.
discarded matter; refuse,
as in, "We are burying
ourselves in a tsunami of
trash"
2.
cultural
ideas or objects of poor
quality, as in "Most
political jargon is just
rehashed trash."
3.
being regarded as of very
low social standing, as in
"Those that litter are
themselves considered
trash."
verb
1.
To damage or wreck; 3rd
person present: trashes;
past tense: trashed; past
participle: trashed; gerund
or present participle:
trashing, as in "my
neighborhood's been totally
trashed."
2.
To discard, as in "you've
just trashed more resources
than you are personally
worth."
Ah, but
then there's the stunning
beauty and abundance of the
Synonyms:
-
garbage,
refuse, waste,
litter, junk,
debris,
detritus,
rubbish, junk,
dross, dreck,
drivel,
nonsense,
trivia, pulp,
pap, garbage,
rubbish;
-
scum, vermin,
dregs of
society, lowest
of the low,
scum of the
earth, dirt,
riffraff,
nonsense,
balderdash,
gibberish,
claptrap,
blarney;
-
schlock, crap,
hogwash,
baloney, jive,
guff, tripe,
drivel, bilge,
bunk, BS,
piffle,
poppycock,
hooey, twaddle,
gobbledygook,
flapdoodle;
-
crapola,
bunkum,
tommyrot,
wreck, ruin,
destroy, wreak
havoc on,
devastate;
-
vandalize, tear
up, bust up,
smash,
criticize,
lambaste,
censure,
attack, insult,
abuse, malign,
give a bad
press to,
condemn, flay,
savage, pan,
knock, take to
pieces,
take/pull
apart, crucify,
hammer, slam,
bash, trash
talk, roast,
maul, rubbish,
pummel,
bad-mouth,
bitch about
…
So
yes, there
are
a whole lotta ways to
say the same thing. But
then, some concepts like
implementing the Clean
Conversion of Waste to
Goods just deserve
repeating. I SAID: concepts
like implementing the Clean
Conversion of Waste to
Goods just deserve
repeating.
[Publisher's
note: Yes, Teru really
is full of (pick any word
above) today.]
Hey
Rube!
And we're
always looking for that top
Question of the Week. Most
recently, a Dear Reader
queried, "What is all this
Hey Rube! stuff
about?"
A: In the
early days of the United
States, the travelling workers
or "carnies" of that fine
institution called the Circus
needed a rallying call for help
in fights with the "locals",
those considered Outsiders to
their rowdy, loud, and often
politically charged lot. To the
carnies, the Circus was their
home, and they'd do battle on a
moment's notice to protect
their world. So if you hear
that strident call, Hey Rube!,
you can bet there's trouble
brewing - so perk up and come
a-running. More than ever, us
rabble need to band
together.
This Week's Top Story
University
of Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel
Partner to Reclaim Grease
Trap
Water
The University of Hawaii (UH)
at Manoa has announced that its
researchers at the Hawaii
Natural Energy Institute are
collaborating with Maui based
Pacific Biodiesel Technologies
LLC to reclaim water from
restaurant grease traps while
creating energy.
02/13/2014
The
Week's News
Wärtsilä
Biogas Plant Converts Food
Waste to Biofuel for Buses
in
Norway
Wärtsilä Corporation has
announced that its biogas
liquefaction plant delivered to
the Norway based Cambi AS was
inaugurated on February 12,
2014.
02/14/2014
DECC Opens
'Offtaker of Last Resort'
Consultation for Renewable
Electricity
The United Kingdom (UK)
Department of Energy and
Climate Change (DECC) has
opened a public consultation on
its Offtaker of Last Resort
proposal, which would provide
eligible renewable electricity
producers with a guaranteed
backstop route-to-market at a
discount to market prices.
02/14/2014
NYSERDA
Awards $3MM for HE Low
Emission Wood-Fired Heating
Projects
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
has announced that $3 million
has been awarded to 18 research
institutions, technology
developers, and biomass-fuel
businesses to encourage the
growth of high-efficiency (HE),
low-emission wood-fired heating
equipment.
02/14/2014
EWI Tire
Recycling Technology
Significantly Reduces Carbon
Emissions
Ontario, Canada based
Environmental Waste
International Inc (EWI) has
announced that its Reverse
Polymerization™ process and
proprietary microwave delivery
system significantly lower
carbon dioxide emissions
compared to the two most
commonly used waste tire
recycling options.
02/13/2014
CPIA
Releases Trial Results of
Marine Plastic Litter
Conversion to
Fuel
The
Canadian Plastics
Industry Association
(CPIA) has announced
results of Yukon based
trials using a Blest
pyrolysis retort to
convert plastic
litter
collected from
the shorelines of Northern
Vancouver Island in
2013
,
and comparing that to
conversion of land based
plastic wastes.
02/12/2014
NSERC Trials
of Solarvest's Algal
Conversion of CO2 to H2
Successful
Solarvest BioEnergy Inc has
announced third party
confirmation of its
bio-hydrogen expression system
following the successful
completion of a six month NSERC
Engage project (previously
announced) with Dr. Hallenbeck
at the Université de Montréal.
02/12/2014
Empyro
Starts Construction on 25
MWth Biomass to Oil
Pyrolysis
Facility
Empyro
BV has announced that
construction of its 25
MWth pyrolysis oil
production plant has
begun at the AkzoNobel
site in Hengelo (The
Netherlands).
02/10/2014
Swedish
Research Finds Biogas
Potential in Pulp and Paper
Mill
Wastewater
The Linköping University in
Sweden has announced that its
Water and Environmental Studies
(WES) researchers have found
that wastewater from pulp and
paper mills contain large
volumes of organic material
that can be converted into
biogas.
02/10/2014
The Week's Action
Items
Due
03/05/2014: Qualifications
for Waste Conversion
Technology
Services
The City of San Jose
Environmental Services
Department has released Request
for Qualifications (RFQ) No.
22014 - Conversion Technology
Services for consulting
services to assist with
strategic planning and
acquisition of funding to
expand the development and
implementation of conversion
technology projects supporting
the City's Green Vision 2012.
02/10/2014
Due
03/13/2014: Responses to
City of Lancaster RFI for
MRF and CT
Project
The City of Lancaster,
California, has issued a
Request for Information (RFI)
in order to evaluate the
feasibility of developing a
material recovery facility
(MRF) and conversion technology
(CT) project as an alternative
to landfilling municipal solid
waste (MSW) at the Lancaster
Landfill.
02/13/2014
Due
05/05/2014: Comments to
EPA's Draft Standards for
New Wood
Heaters
The US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has published
Standards of Performance for
New Residential Wood Heaters,
New Residential Hydronic
Heaters and Forced-Air
Furnaces, and New Residential
Masonry Heaters.
02/10/2014
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