Garbage-fired power station starts in Bali

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Green Assembly

BALI ~ A power station fuelled by garbage has started operating in Bali, Indonesia, and is supplying electricity to the local state-owned electricity company.
The Sarbagita station is located at a garbage dump about 10 kilometres from the capital, Denpasar and  is expected to produce 2 megawatts (MW) of electricity this year, increasing to 9.6 MW [...]

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Beijing not wasting 14,000 tonnes of Olympic trash

Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Green Assembly

BANGKOK ~  Based on the expected volume of spectators, the 31 Olympic venues in Beijing are expected to jointly produce some 14,000 tonnes of trash, including leftovers, paper, plastic bottles and medical waste, during the three weeks of the Games.
But none of it is going to waste, according to the Beijing Municipal Administration Commission.
In a [...]

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