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Waste could be crucial in search for cleaner fuels

LONDON (Reuters) – What we throw away could soon be used to power our cars, if projects to produce ethanol from commercial waste are ramped up.

Some companies are exploring the environmental and financial benefits of putting waste to good use and are developing technology to produce bioethanol.

Industrial and household waste is vastly under-utilised and is usually burned or disposed of in a landfill. Decaying waste can generate methane which is even more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide.

Using it to produce a cleaner type of fuel could also help reach EU’s target that 10 percent of the bloc’ transport fuel should come from renewable sources by 2020.

Reuters



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