Sun Jun 15, 2014, 11:56 AM

Indonesian villagers cooking with gas and paying for healthcare - from garbage

What a great way to recycle and re-use:

June 15 - A community in East Java, Indonesia, is turning methane from the local garbage dump into gas for more than 400 homes. Local authorities have set up a system where methane produced by rotting waste is extracted and pumped to villages nearby, turning greenhouse gas emissions into useful energy. Tara Cleary reports.

http://business.topnewstoday.org/business/article/13787860/

Mahmud hauls bags full of rubbish to the small, dilapidated clinic next to a busy road on Indonesia's main island of Java several times a month.
There he exchanges grubby cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and other garbage for something he would struggle to afford otherwise -- medical treatment.
"I know I can sell my garbage here so I keep it," said the 60-year-old, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. "I used to throw everything onto the street but I have started telling myself that actually the garbage is useful."
People who want treatment at the clinics bring in rubbish once a week on Saturdays. They must collect 10,000 rupiah (90 US cents) worth of garbage every month to be a member of the scheme, and this qualifies them for two visits a month.
Different types of rubbish are worth different amounts, according to Albinsaid. Organic waste can be turned in to fertiliser which is sold to farmers, and other materials, such as plastic and metal, are bought by rubbish collectors who process it and sell it on.
http://news.yahoo.com/indonesias-poor-swap-garbage-health-care-052620909.html

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Indonesian villagers cooking with gas and paying for healthcare - from garbage (Original post)	PumpkinAle	Jun 2014	OP
Ingenuity is a marvelous thing	WhiteTara	Jun 2014	#1
I have said for years that landfills here will be mined in the future.	dixiegrrrrl	Jun 2014	#2
Years ago The Mother Earth News had several stories on using methane. I think they told us about	jwirr	Jun 2014	#3

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Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:02 PM

dixiegrrrrl (60,003 posts)

2. I have said for years that landfills here will be mined in the future.

We still have no national recycle programs, which is a shame.

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Sun Jun 15, 2014, 01:51 PM

jwirr (39,215 posts)

3. Years ago The Mother Earth News had several stories on using methane. I think they told us about

hog production in China and the manure being used for this and then there was another story about a farmer in South Africa who did that. I have always wondered why those ideas never went anywhere. Maybe they did.

This is a wonderful story of going green. Congratulations.

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Indonesian villagers cooking with gas and paying for healthcare - from garbage

1. Ingenuity is a marvelous thing

2. I have said for years that landfills here will be mined in the future.

3. Years ago The Mother Earth News had several stories on using methane. I think they told us about