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Article: Organic waste does not have to be wasted
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- Jerusalem Post
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- November 12, 1995
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JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Jerusalem Post
11-12-1995
DON'T cry over spilt milk. The million liters of long-life milk adulterated with silicone that Tnuva was forced to discard a few weeks ago did not pollute the environment.
A private company that specializes in the biological breakdown of organic material turned it into biogas that was burned harmlessly in the air, producing only carbon dioxide. Within a year, this technology will be used at Tnuva's Rehovot plant for turning organic waste into useful electricity, steam or hot water.
The six-year-old company, Environmental Protection Technologies (EPT) headquartered in Tel Aviv, is a leader in the handling of organic waste from factories ...