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Article: BIOENGINEERED BACTERIA TURNS PAPER SLUDGE INTO ETHANOL FUEL
- Article from:
- Industrial Environment
- Article date:
- November 1, 1992
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A major scientific breakthrough will allow paper sludge and other waste products to be turned into an environmentally- preferable fuel, ethanol.
Utilizing a bioengineered bacteria, BIONOL Corporation will take the paper sludge from one of the nation's largest private paper companies, Finch, Pruyn & Company, Inc., and turn it into fuel-grade ethanol. The process utilizes a scientific technique developed and patented by Dr. Lonnie Ingram, microbiologist at the University of Florida. This revolutionary process will convert many types of organic waste matter, including municipal waste, agricultural refuse, landfill waste and paper sludge, into ethanol fuel.
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