Canadian biofuel plant will be a world's first

BIOFUEL: AS THE controversy rages over the Poolbeg incinerator, a Canadian company claims it will build the world’s first industrial-sized plant to convert non-recyclable waste into biofuel.

Enerkem, a Quebec-based advanced biofuels company, will produce 10 million gallons of 5 per cent ethanol-petrol blend a year, providing enough fuel for 400,000 cars while also helping to meet renewable fuel standards set by the Canadian federal government and the province of Alberta.

 The Enerkem facility will convert 100,000 tonnes of waste into fuel each year 

The facility is expected to begin operating next year and will convert 100,000 tonnes of municipal waste into fuel each year and although some of the waste has to be pre-sorted, the company says that even materials unsuited to traditional recycling contain carbon molecules that can be chemically recycled.

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