Trashing Garbage to Good Use
By Bengwayan
@Bengwayan (34)
January 22, 2011 4:23am CST
An environmentalist from Japan has successfully cultured a microorganism capable of converting biodegradable garbage into animal feed and fertilizer in about three hours,using a unique support system he also invented to help speed up the process of decay.
The microbes and the system are capable of converting organic waste and raw sewage into powdered form,in the process rendering harmless the dangerous microbes present in garbage, making the operation health and environment-friendly.
Talking through an interpreter,Shinese Shimoze,the inventor, calls the microorganism "Shimose Microbes," capable of existing in very intense heat condition and his machine is called "Environment Recycling System" patented in Japan and now being looked into with keen interest by countries plagued by garbage disposal problems.
It makes use of thermal containers, gorging 24 tons of raw organic waste heated to 70 degrees Celsius. Shimoze microbes embedded in the containers activate with the temperature and begin wallowing into the hordes of deadly microbes, literally consuming them.
Garbage moisture and stench are eliminated while the machine disgorges non-toxic fine grains of clean after-product of garbage which can be eaten by domestic animals or utilized as fertilizer.
One country, the Philippines, has already purchased a prototype of the invention for use in Baguio City, its premier summer retreat for both foreign and domestic travelers.
Other countries voiced their interest to follow suit.
Shimoze said "it is important to recycle and not destroy the environment and help production in the agriculture sector."
In dealing with climate change, Shimoze's contribution is expected to compliment and supplement incinerators, dumps and landfills, aids in reduction of carbon dioxide emission and proper biodegradable and solid waste disposal.
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