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Garbage-To-Ethanol Plan Worth Pursuing
By Mr Ethanol | April 3, 2008
Gary Post Tribune:
It has been 10 years since the demise of the proposed Hickory Hills landfill between Lowell and Hebron in Eagle Creek Township.
The landfill was to have been the answer to Lake County’s solid waste concerns for the next 30 years.
Because Hickory Hills never gained state approval, it has been an agonizing 10 years for the residents of Lake County who have seen waste disposal bills skyrocket.
Crown Point’s garbage collection costs, for example, topped $1 million in 2007, a 50 percent increase over the last seven years. Over the same period, the city’s population increased by just 18.6 percent. The same can be said about communities across the area as tipping fees and fuel for transport have gone up dramatically.
Because of those costs and the fact that little good can come from burying our waste, we are encouraged to see that the Lake County Solid Waste Management District is set to receive two contract proposals from garbage-to-ethanol companies. Both companies — Genahol-Powers 1 and Indiana Ethanol Powers — would be the first in the country to turn garbage into ethanol on such a large scale.
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