Comments on: Trash Biz http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/12/trash-biz Ben Hyde Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zack Hyde http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/12/trash-biz/comment-page-1#comment-3064 Zack Hyde Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:00:25 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=2601#comment-3064 The sewage treatment plant serving Portland, Oregon, digests its raw sewage with methanogenic bacteria, and sells the methane gas to local industry. http://www.portlandonline.com/BES/index.cfm?c=51142&a=40669 (About halfway down, under "Anaerobic Digesters.") They also sell their, uhm, biosolids. Biosolids are apparently the more solid part of sewage. http://www.portlandonline.com/BES/index.cfm?c=51142&a=41872 The sewage treatment plant serving Portland, Oregon, digests its raw sewage with methanogenic bacteria, and sells the methane gas to local industry.
http://www.portlandonline.com/BES/index.cfm?c=51142&a=40669
(About halfway down, under “Anaerobic Digesters.”)

They also sell their, uhm, biosolids. Biosolids are apparently the more solid part of sewage.
http://www.portlandonline.com/BES/index.cfm?c=51142&a=41872

]]> By: Adam Baratz http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/12/trash-biz/comment-page-1#comment-3024 Adam Baratz Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:39:17 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=2601#comment-3024 There was a pig farmer on Dirty Jobs who was located around Las Vegas. He was doing quite well with uneaten food from casinos/hotels. There was a pig farmer on Dirty Jobs who was located around Las Vegas. He was doing quite well with uneaten food from casinos/hotels.

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