[Gasification] biodigestion- gassificaiton or incineration

[Jan Mowbray]

Dispose-als, in many areas here, are still prohibited by local by-laws, despite places like New York with its antiquated sewage system now encouraging use of disposers through tax-incentives; and despite jurisdictions in the U.S. that now mandate disposers in all new construction.  I don't know about the amount of general use of disposers here, I'll find out.

The regional government here claims increased use of disposers will overtax the sewage treatment plants.  I said if that's the case, they need to be enlarged or replaced anyway.  It falls on deaf ears - they are determined to use the green cart system for collecting organics. The numbers used to justify organics collection are based on the entire population of our region, which includes all those already involved in home-composting as a result of an amazingly successful home composting program. 

The sludge from the sewage treatment plant would be greatly improved with the inclusion of sink waste, and would improve the end product that can be spread on farm fields, however, the way development is eating up local farmland, not to mention a large area that has to be excluded from receiving sludge material due to its already high metal content, gasification or incineration seems a more logical way to go.
Gasification and incineration are not currently looked upon with favour by our provincial government, but at the same time our local government hasn't made an application.  
Jan Mowbray