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2023-09-132023-09-13

SMALL Landfills – Capture the Methane And Make Energy, too.

How much Municipal Solid Waste is considered the size of
SMALL Landfills / Garbage Dumps?

It used to be I million – 3 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste-in-place.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-06/documents/overview_lmop_lfg_us.pdf
slide 5 of the presentation

Now-a-days there appears to be no limit to the size of a “Landfill project to produce energy” as long as the people who own it can find
1. an end user for the gas or electricity
2. Funding for the project.

The Landfills/Garbage Dumps discussed in this post range from 360,000 tons to 2.8 million tons of waste-in-place.

IN THIS POST

SMALL Landfills
Canada
New Zealand
I found this USA EPA Document written specifically for SMALL Landfills.
- More resources regarding LFG use at small landfills
Steps for Developing an LFG Use Project
Maybe you have a very old Landfill?
Landfill CELLs are very important – to capture the Gas.
Outlook for biogas and biomethane: Prospects for growth
Many Islands have SMALL Landfills.
More posts on Waste to Energy

2023-09-052023-09-05

fossil fuel is Ancient Waste. But, there’s Plenty of Waste Now!

Are you already a Climate Victim/Refugee?
Are you concerned, upset, even paralyzed by what is happening to our planet Earth?
You don’t know what you can do to help?
You really have not figured out what is going on? So no wonder you don’t know what you can do?

Well, lets think about it this way……..

IN THIS POST

?What is the issue with fossil fuel?
?What is fossil fuel?
?What’s the problem with fossil fuel?
?Waste?
?What’s the connection?
Each one of us can help in our local community.
You see?
More posts about Waste to Energy….

2023-08-292023-11-02

CH4 Investments Urgent! Today! Landfill Gas (LFG)

One of the quickest ways to reduce Methane in our skies is with such CH4 Investments.

CH4 is Methane!
Methane is half of the GHG in Landfill Gas (RNG).
Saving the planet, at least 1 Landfill a day, every day!

We take the Value from Waste and the Climate Cleans Up!

IN THIS POST

This is the investment forecast, Today.
Here are USA Federal fix-its for Methane.
Waste Management companies
Landfill Municipal Projects
Infrastructure investing
Young New Technology companies – Start-ups
Power Producers LFG to RNG to replace fossil fuel
Tracking the Waste and Recycling industry’s Merger & Aquisitions boom
Other Waste to Energy posts

above image: Methane plume from a landfill collected from airborne remote sensing survey using AVRIS-NG. Provided by Carbon Mapper.

2023-07-162023-07-23

The Big FAQ! Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.

Simple/Short answers from me!

in this post:

The NYTimes may have the long answers, but I am going to tell you what I think.
The Big FAQ!: Solutions and geopolitics
The Big FAQ! : What can I do? What can YOU do?
The Big FAQ! : Technology
The Big FAQ! : The science
The Big FAQ! : Extreme weather
If you want my detailed answer to any of these questions…..

image: https://earth.nullschool.net/
Take Note: The green areas; center of the North Pole are only -0.5^o C
It is not COLD there, just COOL! The middle of Greenland is COLD -11.7^o C

2023-06-072023-07-16

ISO knows the Value of WASTE! >>> Break-thru

………Essential for Industry!

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
at the heart and soul of industrial processes worldwide.

ISO knows the Value of WASTE and Closing-the-Loop

The idea for the ISO Circular Economy committee began with a seminar held by AFNOR, ISO’s member for France. What followed was a French standard, XP X30-901, Circular economy, published in 2018. The response was so positive that an international committee was proposed and ISO/TC 323 began to get to work.
The standards for ISO/TC 323 are to be published in 2024.

In this post:

We’re ISO, the International Organization for Standardization.
We consume far too much, far too quickly and then throw it all away…….
Driving ambition to Close the Loops
ISO STANDARDS ARE INTERNATIONALLY AGREED for the protection of the world population.
ISO/TC 323 Circular Economy
Shared success is about sharing the best ideas and methods.
More Posts about WASTE, Our Assurance of Future Resources

2023-02-082023-02-09

ReManufacturing – One of the Most Important Contributions

> Saving the World’s Resources

REMAN DAY 13 April, 2023

logos — Along with RIC in the USA, there are the following collaborators:

>> Remanufactured <<

in this post

Save money, energy and Raw Materials by Re-Manufacturing Old parts. Business opportunities WORLD-WIDE
Localised Remanufacturing is more eco-friendly and logical.
What can be Re-Manufactured?
ZF – THE POTENTIAL OF REMANUFACTURING
Remanufactured Office Furniture: Discover Ways To Save
Car-electronics remanufacturing Experts
What is Global Reman Day?
- How Reman Day Works
- RIC-RIT World Remanufacturing Conference
Other posts on Remanufacturing

2023-02-042023-12-03

GREEN Clean Up – Broken Flat Window Glass

Broken Flat Window Glass to collect and recycle.
Special collecting issues. Every little bit counts !
Glass can be Recycled endlessly and Other Uses!

Ukraine, manmade or Natural Disasters,
use GREEN Recovery Methods !

Ukraine is progressing in the Circular Economy movement!
Sustainability, Closing-the-loop
>> So many are already working on the New Green Ukraine!

In this post:

The Green Dream to Rebuild a Sustainable Ukraine from the Rubble of War
- ….Addressing a gathering on post-war reconstruction, Oleksandr Sienkevych, the mayor of Mykolayiv, spoke plainly: The 10,000 broken windows in his town meant proper redevelopment will have to wait, he said.
What is so important about Flat Window glass?
So Let’s Recycle All that Flat Glass!
Q: Why doesn’t my community accept Window glass for recycling?
How Do I Dispose of a Broken Window or 2 or 3 or 4 or ……….?
Order Glass Removal / Pickup from Utilita company, Ukraine
Temporary Replacement Windows, after collecting the Broken glass…..
Even before Window Glass is replaced – 14 low-tech ways to keep your house warm over the winter
More posts on WASTE: Our Assurance of future Resources

…Remember-bottom is a list of other posts on WASTE WEALTH

2022-12-262023-05-01

Color Your Work GREEN!

Go for the Green Jobs in your profession!

Are you worried that if you look for a job in the Green Companies, you might be going off the deep end? Your skills do not have to be Green! Too hard to find? Too strange? Not enough opportunities yet?

NOT TRUE!

In this post:

Where are you in the Green Job Market?
Green Jobs, Green Companies, Green Recovery is really taking hold.
Just consider the opportunities in this Biomimicry Institute Newsletter, of all places. Biomimicry = mimic nature, solve human challenges.
YOU do not believe it?
Circular Jobs Monitor
Small Businesses support Millions of Jobs worldwide.

2022-09-272022-11-13

The “Relief” of phasing out Fossil Fuel! …Now!

“Fix it action” is possible, Now!
The posts* below, offer real actions we can take, Today.

YOU KNOW WHAT “MISTAKES” I REFER TO: “FOSSIL FUEL”
Maybe we should really start calling them “mistakes” for they surely are!

in this post:

The ESG Posts
Admitting Mistakes, Taking Responsibility and fixing it.
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Governments, PLEASE, phase out fossil fuel at COP 27

Photo above by Naassom Azevedo on Unsplash

2022-09-082023-12-03

In the mood to phase out fossil fuel? – Governance

Yes, Governance! One of the ESGs.
WOW! So much is already happening, TODAY, to phase them out.*
– Solutions through the law

“The rules of our world are laws, and they can be changed. Laws can restrict or they can enable. What matters is what they serve. Many of the laws in our world serve property – they are based on ownership. But imagine a law that has a higher moral authority… a law that puts people and planet first. Imagine a law that starts from first “do no harm”, that stops this dangerous game and takes us to a place of safety….” Polly Higgins, 2015

“We need to change the rules.”
Greta Thunberg, 2019

In this post:

The TOTALLY GREEDY EYE of fossil fuel
Encouraging Government Actions…………
YOUR VOTE is your government’s directive to “buy” >>>> how they VOTE!
YOUR “BUY” IS YOUR VOTE! Do The Math!
Take a look at some of the Actions we humans can achieve through the law.
This has to be the year to kick fossil fuel out of the COPS!

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

2022-09-042023-12-02

In the mood to phase out fossil fuel? People-Civic

Yes! Society, People, Civic! One of the ESGs.
Things we can do, NOW, to phase them out.
– Grass Roots Efforts

Hard to talk to China. So let’s talk to USA! ………………….and Europe

This blog, wasterush.info, looks for the encouraging things that we humans can do to harmonize with planet Earth. The problem that stands out and never seems to stop is fossil fuel. Here too, there are ways to work on phasing them out. Now!

in this post

Adaption OR Solution?
Solutions rather than adapting?
Your neighbors are talking about climate change…..
Solutions, Solutions to the Phase out of fossil fuels:
Kicking oil companies out of schools
Fossil Fuel Phaseout – From Below – Grass Roots Efforts
How shareholders are pushing big banks for climate action
Why I’m Capping a Leaking Gas Well for My Birthday!
Playing My Part
These Groups Want Disruptive Climate Protests. Oil Heirs Are Funding Them.
The FT Climate Game …….. for investors
Waste to Energy posts

Photo by Callum Shaw on Unsplash

2022-06-202022-07-03

Extinction is the Rule? …2022 Summer Solstice

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

2022-04-222023-11-20

EMF – Fast Track the Circular Economy – – Way to Go!

Ellen MacArthur Foundation – wants to put the last part of “Nature’s Life Cycle” back into industry. The part that we humans have to re-evaluate. Save our resources!

In this post:

RECYCLED MATERIALS SUPPLY ONLY 40% OF RAW MATERIAL NEEDS today
Close-the-Loop – Save materials – it is good economics
Design out waste or USE IT!
- Like Cigarettes:
- Like Fluorescent Lamps:
Still, there are not enough people focused on “Closing-the-Loop”
What could take the Shine off of Solar & Wind out of Turbines?
DON’T DUMP your waste!
There really is an urgent need to accelerate resource recovery!
What Makes An Economy Circular? Decomposition To New Life ! Let’s Review.
Inspire your children to think differently Teach them about the Circular Economy The Ellen MacArthur Foundation – EMF

2022-01-172022-11-22

What makes an economy Circular? Decompose to New Life !

Let’s review.

>>In Nature, After Use:Dead tissues break down and are converted into simple organic forms;food for new life.
>>In Industry, After Use: Break-it-up, dismantle it, separate materials, disassemble it, take it apart into its various materialsand ready them as new feed-stocks for new production.

Recycling and Reuse!
Closing the Loop – The Life Cycle of ALL things

The part that makes it a Circular Economy

In this post:
Without decay, we would overflow with plant & animal “remains”
Decomposition is the first stage = recycling
Recycling business is beginning to turn profitable
There really is an urgent need to accelerate recycling.
…Remember, a list at the bottom of other posts about Waste.

2022-01-052022-11-14

Intense Financial Talks at COP 26 >>Finally the Money!

For the first time at COP – money
What I learned

In this post:
Finance day at COP 26
Most important 2 things for Global Financial to move
GFANZ
What’s Driving the Latest ESG Trends? – advertisement
Other money sources
…REMEMBER a list at the bottom of other posts about SMB Finance

2021-12-262023-06-01

After COP 26 – Who says there was no progress? Look SEE

Season’s Greetings!
Do you have some time to think about it?

In this post:
Before COP 26
COP26
The Achieved Club
the UN – Race to Zero
SME Climate Club for Small Business
Scotland – and a NetZero small business Toolkit
…REMEMBER a list at the bottom of other posts about GHGs

2021-12-142022-05-05

Petition for planet Earth or protest in the streets?

above image from https://globaia.org/

If we all sign the UN Petition, that would be

It is going to take all of us to solve the climate crisis,
but together we can do it.

Frankie the Dinosaur says, “Don’t choose extinction!”

2021-09-282023-08-01

Bhutan – ESG & the little Kingdom of Bhutan

This is the story of
ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) and
the little Kingdom of Bhutan

This is a cautionary story of success and urgency…………..
Bhutan is a “Carbon Sink”! They have already reached 2050 !
They continue to further their efforts. But they are part of planet Earth, so they suffer from the mistakes of others.

If all the World would make changes like Bhutan has……we would save Bhutan and the rest of us Humans!

In this post:
COP26,
Bhutan is a Carbon Sink.
How have they Reversed Climate Change? (REALLY!),
Bhutan for Life,
AgainA reminder about all that Bhutan has been doing
Come together at COP 26 and dance!

2021-08-202022-11-16

The 2 reports to help GREEN Small Business find Money

In this post:
Financing Documents
2 more documents that you should consider,
The ESG Report,
After ESG move to arisk reporting framework
The TCFD report
…Financing Small Business posts at the bottom

2021-02-012023-03-07

RE-THINKING your business? ADD MORE GREEN!

Confidence & Peace of Mind tools for Small Businesses and Start-ups who have joined the Circular Economy
Light is at the end of the tunnel, ahead……..

In this post:
In this pandemic moment, there’s plenty to learn from standing still.
Top Sustainable Business Trends for 2021,
Different methods to RE-THINK
Past crises teach us to put people and planet first
Some practical helpers – website fixes and/or Google things
…Remember list at the bottom of posts about Crises, Jobs and Recovery

2021-01-182022-12-04

Wipes – Human Behavior & False Advertising – a Crisis!

It is the solution that matters. Do you have one?

The Person who can Solve this Problem – could save the world!*

WE are the Dominant Risk To Our Survival

In this post:
If you can influence Humans…..,
False advertising & Human Laziness,
It is not just the clogged sewers.
All because of false Advertising
People have tried for years to solve this problem,
Change our behavior as fast as we can.
…Remember more posts listed at the bottom about
the UX of eco-ethical APPs and water-sanitation-toilets

2020-11-252023-01-26

Waste Plastic BUSINESSES – There is UpCycle Training

more business/project examples
Plus some market reminders
Hands on workshops to get on board?

In this post:
Not all bio-plastics decompose in any situation!,
The Unexpected Boom In Startups!!!
Precious Plastic businesses populating the world – Map
Such a great variety of products and production models
Plastic 3D printing – demo?
…a list at the bottom of other posts about Waste Plastic

above image: Ruben Thier

2020-05-042023-06-01

Green Jobs and Recovery Money – where? how? when?

updated: 23.3.2021

There is money out there – Green Jobs & Recovery Money

In this post:
Green Jobs websites
Checking the websites on my posts for Green Jobs & Money
Green Job and/or Money: Switzerland, UK, The Netherlands, USA, Brazil, Germany, NY, California, EU, Africa, Japan
…More Job Vacancies in other posts listed at the bottom of this post.

These posts will be updated, as more information comes in

2020-03-012023-08-03

Mycelium in Industry – Where to find out in the World?

Update….see course in September 2023!

In this post:

Starting from the beginning?
For Africa:
Also For Africa, Kenya:
For Australia:
Also For Australia:
From Belgium:
Via Portugal – Online Course
For Serbia+:
For Thailand:
Recipes
How to isolate mycelium to grow culture: India
more posts and suppliers of myco-composite materials

the above photo: Haeckels – For outer packaging of our glass containers in both retail and during transit, mushroom derived mycelium was adopted. An incredibly versatile, all-natural & 100% bio-degradable material that is mouldable to any silhouette and not only houses seeds of wild flora in its rigid walls, but fertilises them when the outer packaging is discarded after use; a more eco-conscious unboxing experience.

2020-02-092023-04-02

eco-Textile You can be ECO NOW!

FULL of ideas…………

In this post:
Are you printing on Textile?
…Remember, at the bottom more posts about the Printing & Packaging Industry

2020-02-022022-12-28

eco-Packaging In the drivers seat!

FULL of ideas…………

In this post:
Passionate Pioneers in Eco-Friendly Printing- Print The Change eG,
Are you printing on boxes? …or other types of packaging?,
…a list at the bottom of other posts about the Printing & Packaging Industry

image above: from Vericool Thermal Packaging – see below*

2020-01-122023-11-28

Too Much Methane! NOW! Is there a Solution?

This post was published in 2020. TODAY, there is a lot more information about Methane and the dangers, where it is and how much of it seeps into our atmosphere on a daily basis.

You want to know why Australia was burning up in 2020?
this is how I put 2+2 together…….

In this post:

NATURAL GAS = a lot of METHANE
MAKE SURE THE STUFF DOES NOT LEAK!
The COLOR tells you if it is:
The North & South Poles are warming up at a much faster pace than predicted. Some say 70 times faster…. Why?
Methane SOS, Research Vessel Encounters Methane Seeping from Arctic Waters
The Methane Detectives: On the Trail of a Global Warming Mystery
>>>But in any case, … they are not fixing the leaks!
Our Future Depends on the Arctic >> Do Not Loose the Sea Ice!
>>>CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE OF METHANE INFORMATION !

Above Aminmation: A reduction in global burned area in the 2000s had an unexpectedly large impact on methane emissions. (It looks like it is more complicated than that!) JANUARY 2, 2018 Find the full animation here. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SVS.** What’s Important: increase in methane

2019-12-102023-09-04

INKs All squshy and NEW

INK for the thriving Circular Print & Packaging industry
Retailers are looking for Sustainable Circular Print & Package Suppliers

In this post:
Project Gigaton [ gig-uh-tuhn ] – Walmart,
circular economy Ink businesses,
Older Ink companies find their way,
Inks with Cradle to Cradle certification, from the printer’s point of view, And then there is Algae Ink™ ,
BUSINESSES are working together, for Digital Printing, DIY Refill Kit / Bulk Ink
…a list at the bottom of other posts about the Printing & Packaging Industry

2019-11-182023-10-01