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| County seeks ways to convert waste to energy | |
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Valley Journal, February 21-February 27, 2008
Santa Barbara County could soon be giving new meaning to "Living Green" with its latest efforts to find new ways of converting solid waste into sustainable energy. Read More |
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| Trash to energy: The time is now | |
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Santa Barbara News Press
It's been six years now that we've been discussing on these pages the need for local government officials to get serious about turning trash into energy. Read more. (link to article) |
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| County Considers Solid Waste Conversion Alternatives - Noozhawk | |
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In an effort to curtail the amount of trash that gets dumped at the Tajiguas Landfill, Santa Barbara County’s Public Works Department is looking at ways to process the waste before it gets buried.
“Since 1990 our population has gone up 18 percent,” said Mark Schleich, Public Works’ deputy director. “But our waste generation has gone up 54 percent.” Read More |
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| Leaders to move forward with Tajiguas project - October 15, 2007 | |
| A potential waste conversion facility at Tajiguas Landfill will be up for discussion by both Santa Barbara city leaders and the County Board of Supervisors tomorrow as they decide on moving forward with a feasibility study of the project. Read More | |
| Juicing the Dump - March 8, 2007 | |
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High Tech Plan to Convert Garbage to Electricity Gets Nod It was one of those weird, mysterious moments when players accustomed to butting heads and locking horns stumbled accidentally into a state of agreement that could add decades to the life of the South Coast’s landfill, produce enough clean energy to power 3,000 households, keep methane out of the atmosphere, and increase recycling and diversion by about 75 percent. Read More |