What's old is new!

[tyfighter3]

SPACE, The Final Frontier. What Better place to get rid of those spent fuel rods forever.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Ah yes, brilliant as always Ty! K4u!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

10,000 homes join recycling program:
www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/may/31/10000-homes-join-recycling-program/

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Researchers at Ford and Ohio State look to dandelions for 'green' material:
reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20061242-48.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Boston Group Continues Global Recycling Expansion with Launch of New Boston Headquarters
www.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/06/p1157463/boston-group-continues-global-recycling-expansion-with-launch-of-new-b

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Alcoa says new aluminum will save weight on planes
www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/06/09/1924695/alcoa-says-new-aluminum-will-save.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Just some more things that are going to build the solid foundation for our future.

Researchers make plastic from animal byproducts
cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2011/08/14/18551526.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

That is huge Sun! Economic evolution thanks to freedom!

It looks like metals are still a good play after all. Well the industrial ones, and companies that make and sell them anyway.

[verrip1]

Both the steel and the coal ETFs include worldwide steel and coal companies. They aren't pure commodity trades, nor heavily China, but they are positively affected by the continuing Chinese dependence on steel made from coal. That dependence won't even start to go away in any significance for 5 years.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

This is great. Going into the landfills to dig up plastics that are now worth money.

Recycling of Industrial Polymers Shaping the Future of Blue Gold Beverages With Important Municipal Government Contract
www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/recycling-of-industrial-polymers-shaping-the-future-of-blue-gold-beverages-with-important-municipal-government-contract/rfid504306936/?channel=pf

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

As you can see from the post above and the articles I'm about to post, my point in that we are the only culture in history to start using our garbage as a major source of our electricity is well supported.

Ford, REPREVE to Recycle 2 Million Plastic Bottles Back into the New 2012 Focus Electric and Other Vehicles
www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/ford-repreve-to-recycle-2-million-plastic-bottles-back-into-the-new-2012-focus-electric-and-other-vehicles/rfid519934270/?channel=pf

Major wood contract for recycling firm
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9457475.Major_wood_contract_for_recycling_firm/?ref=rss

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Recycling poop? Why, just 150 yrs ago we let this into our drinking water. Thank God that we live where we do. Some people still have their sewer and water mixed.

Poop to power' program turns pig manure into sustainable energy
www.bradenton.com/2012/01/09/3775577/poop-to-power-program-turns-pig.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Going forward it would appear that you can save your old bottles to make xmas toys for your kids!

3-D printers could recycle old plastic bottles into ... anything!
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46058138/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/#.TyIsoKX-_nE

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

We all know that resources have to be conserved. That's why it's forward momentum and another promising sign for the future when you see the companies that depend on these resources, finding new and better ways to utilize not just trash, but old parts as well.

Garbage will be power going forward and Waste Management says that their trash stream could be worth up to 40 Billion. This has promoted WM to invest in energy companies that produce energy from trash, as well as, expand current processing facilities that they are opening. Just think about your local landfill, all of that could be dug up and process and used for power or made into fabric for clothing. The work we need to move us forward is all around us, it's just a matter of finding new ways to use some of our old stuff.

Company takes Styrofoam from rubbish to recycling
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/04/20/ns-styrofoam-recycling.html

Honda Unveils Process to Recycle Rare-Earth Metals Extracted from Used Parts
www.industryweek.com/articles/honda_unveils_process_to_recycle_rare-earth_metals_extracted_from_used_parts_27178.aspx

Caterpillar Demonstrates Remanufacturing Capabilities
www.oemoffhighway.com/press_release/10685388/caterpillar-demonstrates-remanufacturing-capabilities

Trash Saved by Waste Management Worth Up to $40 Billion
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-03/trash-saved-by-waste-management-worth-up-to-40-billion.html

Renewable Energy From Waste Management: Lockwood Landfill to Produce 3.2 Megawatts Of Electricity
www.greentechmedia.com/industry/read/renewable-energy-from-waste-management-lockwood-landfill-to-p-75208/

Waste Management's plans for regional recycling center expand
www.spokanejournal.com/article.php?id=7994

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Recycling is good, but keeping the trash out of the environment is a better plan.

General Motors claims 100th "landfill-free" facility
whtc.com/news/articles/2012/jun/20/general-motors-claims-100th-landfill-free-facility/

But the fact is...

Bill Gates is looking for cash in trash
www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gates-is-looking-for-cash-in-trash-2012-06-01?link=MW_home_latest_news

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Like Tyfighter said, just take the old and make it new again...

Recycling energy takes new approach
business.financialpost.com/2012/05/29/recycling-energy-takes-new-approach/

There are currently only two recycling facilities in Canada for waste motor oil, but the cost of transporting oil to the plants across Canada’s vast geographic space is prohibitively high. While these centres serve their local communities well, waste oil that can’t easily be recycled is usually burnt. This releases carcinogens into the air, as well as olefins and acid, which contribute to acid rain.

It’s a problem that Winnipeg-based HD Petroleum is attempting to tackle by transforming environmentally hazardous waste motor oil into a locally created source of usable fuel. “We turn waste motor oil into diesel, and we do it on a small, regional basis. A population of about 500,000 people will support one of our refineries. So would a large facility that processes a lot of motor oil, such as a train yard or car service centres,” says founder, CEO and president Todd Habicht............

................In the Netherlands 97% of household and industrial waste is recycled............

.....................ESSAR Power Canada is another innovator on this front. The Essar Algoma steelworks in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is the first plant in Canada to shift to co-generation, a process that saves energy while reducing pollution.

The operation of blast furnaces and coke ovens produces substantial amounts of heat. When surplus fuel is burnt off, or flared, it releases more heat into the local environment, as well as light and carbon emissions. Commissioned by EPC in 2009, the co-generation facility was designed to reduce the plant’s power consumption while minimizing its environmental footprint, and it’s been a success on both counts.

“Co-generation provides half the amount of energy the Algoma steelworks requires in daily operations,” says Brenda Stenta, manager of corporate communications for Essar Steel Algoma.

“This frees up a significant amount of power to be sold to other consumers.” Lowering consumption of externally supplied power cuts energy costs directly, and also indirectly, as the losses that occur in the storage and transmission of power from the grid are avoided.

Co-generation has also had a substantial impact on other dimensions of the facility’s impact on the environment. Since its development, 100% of water used in cooling is recycled internally, and nitrous oxide emissions have been cut by 25%. The drastic reduction in flaring also reduces light pollution in the surrounding communities at night.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Reinvetng the bike chian and the toilet, two different Gates doing the same thing. Old to new..

Bill Gates spending big bucks to produce toilet of the future
www.gainesville.com/article/20120819/COLUMNISTS/120819544/1109/sports?Title=Bill-Gates-spending-big-bucks-to-produce-toilet-of-the-future-

Gates' bid to reinvent the bicycle
tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/31/gates/?section=magazines_fortune&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmagazines_fortune+%28Fortune+Magazine%29

Revolutionizing Toilets by Rethinking the Network
gigaom.com/cleantech/revolutionizing-toilets-by-rethinking-the-network/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29

The toilet thing is really important...

People of 67% households in rural India defecate in open
articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-14/news/33201443_1_open-defecation-toilets-jairam-ramesh

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

The best thing about the US becoming the top Oil producer in the world, is how much profit will be made selling it to the new emerging markets. Why are we able to sell so much of it? Aside from using renewable energy, we are taking something that is old, and making it new.

How turning manure into plastic could economize one type of energy production

[tyfighter3]

I feel like I'm on the Antique Road Show, where one Mans crap is another mans treasure. LOL

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

No doubt, and nice spin on an old pun. 

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

How do we get rid of the Texas sized plastic mass in the Pacific? Monetize it! 

Study: Recycling plastic at home saves energy and dramatically cuts 3D printing costs

[tyfighter3]

Do you think that there is a Market for this?
news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/super-cheap-paper-microscope-could-save-millions-lives-133616732.html?vp=1

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Heck ya, not only in developing countries, but classrooms in schools here, ect, ect... Question is who's going to pick up the tech? That's the new area of growth.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

From trash to cash. Apparently there is more precious metals in e-waste than there is mined rock.

Startup mines silver and gold from e-waste

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Another sensationalized problem that was completely overblown. What's old is new.

It’s a mystery: Where has 99% of the ocean’s trash gone?

[tyfighter3]

The old part is ME, Saterday was my 66th birthday and the NEW is that next month I will be recieving my First Check that I have ever got from the Government. Now I just hope I live long enough to get it into my Hand. LOLL

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Lol.. Congrats man! Hope you had a good one! Was there a party? Well more than normal.

[tyfighter3]

Well, I did get some cake. lol

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Sweet, one of those ones where someone pops out of it?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Here's a circular conversation that I don't mind having.

Recycling Opens the Door to a Circular Economy

....the Circular Economy.

The name is literal, referring to an industrial economy that goes far beyond recycling and which only creates secondary materials from primary ones. The Circular Economy is restorative by intention and based on eliminating material loss. To that end, it employs renewable energy, minimizes or eliminates toxic chemicals and avoids waste through careful design. It looks closely at how we design, make, sell, re-use and recycle products to determine how to secure the maximum value, both in use and at the end of their life.

With this all-encompassing approach, the Circular Economy aims to eradicate waste -- not just from manufacturing processes but systematically, throughout the life cycle of products and their components. Consciously designing durable goods to be restorative will keep components and products in longer use, and ensure that biological materials can re-enter the biosphere at the end of their lives.

Can it work? "Towards the Circular Economy," a 2014 report from the World Economic Forum, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company, estimates that shifting to this model could add over $1 trillion a year to the global economy by 2025 and create 100,000 new jobs within the next five years if companies put their energies behind developing circular supply chains and increase the rate of recycling, reuse and remanufacture.

While this sounds quixotic, there are many concrete examples of how companies are successfully deploying the model today -- with great benefits to their bottom lines. A few examples:

Ricoh, the Japanese multinational for imaging and electronics, established the Comet Circle in 1994 to reduce the environmental impact of their products. The program's primary directive was that all product parts would be designed and manufactured so that they could be recycled or reused. The company also established the GreenLine label as a concrete expression of its commitment to resource recirculation, which is a huge success story today. In addition to remanufacturing, the company refurbishes and upgrades pre-owned machines. For products that cannot be remanufactured, Ricoh harvests the components and recycles materials at local facilities.

Mud Jeans meets one of the key concepts of the Circular Economy -- goods-as-service -- with its clever leasing scheme for jeans. The Dutch company advocates "using" rather than "owning," so consumers pay €5.95 a month to lease a pair of jeans. After a year they can return the jeans to Mud, trade them for a new pair and start another yearlong lease --with Mud is responsible for any repairs during that period. This is good for the customers but it's also good for Mud, since the company is protected against potential increases in cotton prices.

Unilever, the British multinational consumer goods giant, has a Sustainable Living Plan that helps it manage core business risks, such as sourcing, by ensuring supply security for the long term -- as well as protecting the planet's natural resources. According to Unilever's European External Affairs Director Christiaan Prins, "By the end of last year 48 percent of our agricultural raw materials were sustainably sourced. Unilever is committed to sourcing 100 percent of its raw materials sustainably by 2020."