Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What’s Stopping Us From Turning Waste Into Energy


We all know that garbage is one of our main problems when it comes to environmental pollution. But what if we burn it and use it as fuel for our power plants?

Generating electricity from wastes 
through incineration is 
a good way to dispose garbage
Photo Credits: Kim Newberg / publicdomainpictures.net
Incinerating our wastes and converting it into a source of electricity is a good idea you might say but, as it turns out, it is not that feasible. That is why, as of now, the trend is to look for alternatives other than this to solve pollution and electricity generation.