Turning waste into energy is nothing new. The problem is the process leaves behind a heavy carbon footprint.
But a UK company claims to have developed a new technique that turns household rubbish into clean, renewable energy by using so-called “plasma gasification”.
Waste left over after food, glass and paper have been removed is fed into a gasifier where it undergoes a high temperature chemical conversion. Oxygen is removed and the rubbish is broken down into simple molecules, which are transformed into a synthetic gas known as “syngas”.
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