Trash To Cash: Mining Landfills For Energy And Profit

A Belgian company is working on removing the raw materials from dumps, making both energy and building materials out of them, and then redeveloping the land. About 50 miles east of Brussels, next to an old coal mine, lies a festering stinkhole that few people ever visit, and most people would rather forget about. Dating from the 1960s, the Remo Milieubeheer landfill at Houthalen-Hechteren is a typical dump full of industrial waste and household garbage–16.5 million tons of it in all

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Trash To Cash: Mining Landfills For Energy And Profit