News: Fiberight Making Ethanol from Paper Mill Waste; Household Garbage May Be Next
by Dean Close (Vinton Today) …In layman’s terms, what Fiberight does is take waste from a paper mill in Cedar Rapids, and uses rare bacteria – Stewart Paul refers to that bacteria as “the bugs” – to convert the sugar in that waste into ethanol.
And so far, Fiberight is succeeding.
…Stewart-Paul plans to visit with the supervisors in the next few weeks to talk about the next phase of his plan: Using regular kitchen waste to produce ethanol.
The supervisors see both potential and challenges in this process.
“He has shown in can be done on a minor scale,”’ said Supervisor Dave Vermedahl. “But will it work on a larger scale?”
The supervisors believe that the main challenge is that working with the paper mill waste provides a consistent initial product. But using household garbage would involve using a raw material that varies day-to-day. READ MORE
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