Green energy from sewage, and furniture from plastic waste
Solutions that address more than one issue at a time are happening on the local and national levels. Beyond Oregon’s Clackamas County sewage plant transformation, note how Australia’s government is funding more environmental protection with job creation for its Indigenous residents.
1. United States
Wastewater takes large amounts of energy to treat. But Clackamas County addressed the needs of its growing population with a system upgrade that uses human waste to make heat and electricity needed by the plant itself. The Tri-City Water Resource Recovery Facility adopted the sludge-to-energy model
