London-based Bio-bean’s first product offering will involves collecting used coffee grounds and processing them into biomass pellets for home heating.
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The Waste Biz: The Costs – And Opportunities – Of E-Waste
The e-waste stream is growing: what are the costs and opportunities created by the increasing amount of electronic waste we create?
Recycling Cooking Oil Into Fuel
Recycling cooking oil has turned into a municipal program in Barcelona: citizens use Olipots to collect & filter oil instead of dumping it down the drain.
What to Do with Used Cooking Oil: How about Turning it into Jet Fuel?
Boeing has come up with a novel idea of what to do with used cooking oil, particularly the large amounts coming from China: fuel planes with it.
Rehabilitating The Concept of Bio-Fuels: Part One
[social_buttons] In 2006 I attended a BIO meeting in Toronto focused on the new bio-based economy. Oil had just risen to $70/barrel and it was a time when environmental NGOs, [ … ]
Climate Change and Deforestation Engaging in Vicious Cycle of Destruction
[social_buttons]Most of you know by now that deforestation, and the emissions that cleared forestlands add to the atmosphere, exacerbates climate change. But it may come as a surprise to learn [ … ]
Westward Ho! Hong Kong Tycoon to Invest in Africa-based Biofuels
Hong Kong magnate Stanley Ho is at it again. Not formulating a “Ho Plan” for Hong Kong energy security that centers around wind power, as the growing similarities between him [ … ]
Japanese Researchers Turn Cow Dung Into Fuel; Say Can Use Human Waste, Too
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Professor Junichi Takahashi and the Sumitomo Corporation research group (both in Japan) have jointly developed technology to produce hydrogen from cattle dung and [ … ]
City to Pipe Biogas from Farms to Power Recycling Plant
After years of debate and planning, the St. Paul, MN city council has voted unanimously to move forward with a unique plan to produce biogas from manure and ethanol waste [ … ]
EPA Uses Google Earth-based Interactive Database to Spot Energy Opportunities
The Environmental Protection Agency has released an interactive Google Earth-based database which pinpoints energy development opportunities on contaminated properties. According to Biofuels Digest, the EPA’s site shows opportunities for solar, [ … ]
In Praise of Poop 3: San Antonio Harnesses Power from Sewage Methane
For this the third entry in the annals of excellent excrement (after cow and E. coli poop), we will have to travel deep down into the heart of Texas…and then [ … ]
In Praise of Poop 2: E. coli Waste as a New Form of Biofuel
Now that we have picked apart the many hidden wonders of cow manure, we may safely examine yet another, more recent entry in the annals of excellent excrement: E. coli. [ … ]
New Signs Air Transportation Industry Is Going Green
Sustainable Industries article indicates that the air transportation industry is looking for ways to cut fuel costs by becoming more efficient and green.