Many municipalities have a landfill-capacity problem. Carbon Diversion provides a solution that is environmentally acceptable and which carries a low financial risk. The goal is to extend the life of existing landfills by eliminating some of the materials that would otherwise be dumped into the landfill. Instead, Carbon Diversion, Inc. provides a small-scale solution that converts a variety of waste products into useful, and often very valuable, carbon products.
Carbon Diversion provides a viable solution to governments and institutions that need to dispose of many kinds of waste. Instead of burying the waste at a landfill, Carbon Diversion processes the wastes so that they re-enter the economy as a valuable material.
This is more than a technical solution to a problem. The solution offered by Carbon Diversion is environmentally responsible, economically sound and politically sustainable.
Adopting a conservation-oriented Carbon Diversion system is simple.
Carbon Diversion systems are:
- Relatively small. They take up little room and don't require much site preparation. The size of a typical sites is 1 to 2 acres.
- Leased, not purchased. You don't purchase a Carbon Diversion system. They are leased for short periods. The lease rates are generally the same as those paid for landfill tipping fees. The result is that the systems have virtually no cost and less waste goes into the landfill.
- Environmentally friendly. The major smokestack emission is steam. The system complies with all relevant EPA and local emission standards. The operation is not noisy.
- Energy efficient. Very little energy is required to run the process and the heat that is generated during processing can actually be used to create a surplus of power. The conversion of materials to carbon occurs near the theoretical maximum efficiency.
- Staffed by Carbon Diversion employees. Local people are trained and employed by Carbon Diversion. This adds local jobs without having to increase the number of government employees.
Technology
Carbon-rich materials are converted to nearly pure carbon in a process called "flash carbonization." This takes place in a large, pressurized reactor chamber. A Carbon Diversion system consists of several of these reactors, along with an elaborate systems to control the processing and clean the smokestack emissions.
The entire process is very environmentally friendly. Each reactor converts about a ton of materials, such as green waste, into carbon in about an hour.
This patented conversion process is very efficiently. Very little energy is required to run the process and the heat that is generated during processing can actually be used to create a surplus of power. The conversion of materials to carbon occurs near the theoretical maximum efficiency.
A wide variety of materials can be processed in a Carbon Diversion reactor. The discussion on this website focuses on the processing of green waste, but excellent results have been obtained for other materials such as rubber tires, sewage sludge, and municipal solid waste.
Processing systems are modular and the number of reactors used can be adjusted to the processing requirements. This flexibility also extends to an ability to disperse the processing locations.
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Benefits
There are many situations in which significant amounts of waste materials, such as trimmings from trees and agricultural wastes, are taken to landfills or simply filed up in waste dumps. These are problems, especially as the land available for such waste storage is limited or there is a public demand for an alternative solution.
Carbon Diversion converts these problems to a viable solution.
The major benefit, in most cases, is that Carbon Diversion diverts waste materials them from a landfill or waste dump. This results in a substantial reduction in the need for landfill capacity and reduces the visual blight and other problems associated with waste dumps.
Another benefit is the conversion of what was formerly considered a "waste" into a valuable product. Once at the waste materials are at a Carbon Diversion installation, the materials are quickly converted into a form that can be used by in a variety of industrial and agricultural situations, as well as a product that can be used to sequester carbon.
The way that Carbon Diversion converts waste materials into useful products is also beneficial.
Landfills are not neighborhood friendly. In contrast, the Carbon Diversion sites are small. The conversion process is clean, with virtually no smokestack emissions or noise. Carbon Diversion work sites are neighbor friendly.
This means that processing can be located close to the places that generate waste. This reduces the need for transportation.
Getting Started
It is simple to get started. Here is what you should do:
- Identify your needs. How much green waste, for example, goes into your landfill?
- Contact Carbon Diversion, Inc. to examine the scale, location and other considerations
- Work with Carbon Diversion to arrange a lease so that the cost of the processing matches the tipping fees of the materials that are being diverted. In this way, the waste producers are paying the cost. You don't have to make any capital investment in the system.
- Locate appropriate sites where the processing can take place. This will often be adjacent to the existing landfill.
- Carbon Diversion will then work with you to obtain the proper construction and operation permits.
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