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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Can the U.S. learn from Denmark's trash-to-energy innovation? - Holy Kaw!

Can the U.S. learn from Denmark's trash-to-energy innovation? - Holy Kaw!: "Denmark has a solution for its garbage and it doesn’t involve piling the waste up in stinky landfills and forgetting about it. Nope, the European nation makes its garbage work, using the trash to fuel a new type of energy plant that provides heat and electricity and cuts costs and carbon dioxide emissions. So why don’t we see garbage burning plants popping up all over U.S.? The New York Times has an interesting read all about America’s lagging on new garbage disposal technology and how a small country like Denmark is leading the way towards greener energy resources.

Full story at the New York Times."

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