I want one of these!

tecoyah · 05-14-08, 10:37 AM

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Scientists have created the Autoclave system, which divides the waste for recycling on a huge scale and produces enough energy to power itself.

Its inventors, AeroThermal, say that at some point in the future, householders could even sell their rubbish because there is potentially a profit in it.

All steel and aluminium is cleaned during the process, plastics are reduced to recyclable pellets and glass is made reusable.

Food and organic refuse is turned into a biogas that can be converted into green electricity. Even the steam that is used in the process is recaptured afterwards and re-used so nothing is released into the atmosphere.

In two hours the technology, which acts like a giant steam-powered pressure cooker, can deal with 30 tonnes of municipal waste.

The machine that sorts out household rubbish automatically | the Daily Mail

I could install it in the basement, and power the house....might stink a bit though.

Lachean · 05-14-08, 10:53 AM

Wow, that think is remarkably smaller than I thought it'd be.

Platanium · 05-14-08, 11:17 AM

Wow, that is so cool. The problem is though, that even if the EU adopts it on a large scale it will take forever before the US even considers it worthy of notice.

Intransigent Atheist · 05-19-08, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Platanium

Wow, that is so cool. The problem is though, that even if the EU adopts it on a large scale it will take forever before the US even considers it worthy of notice.

Sad, but true. A system like this would probably get many more people on board with recycling.