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Dog faeces to be used to light street lamps
Thursday May 03, 2012 11:19:11 AM,
IANS
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London: A 41-year-old
former banker in Britain has come up with a pioneering scheme
where he aims to collect four tonnes of dog waste every day across
just one county and then process the faeces to light street lamps.
Gary Downie has struck a deal with the local council to set up
such waste processing stations around Flintshire, in north Wales,
the Daily Mail reported.
The waste collected will be broken down by micro-organisms and
turned into power, through a process called anaerobic digestion.
The dog waste would be thrown into an airtight "methane digester".
The mixture would be stirred to help methane rise to the top of
tank. After the tank fills up, a pipe brings the methane to a
lamppost where it is burned.
Downie vowed to clean up the streets after he became fed up with
pushing his baby's pram through pavements that were covered in dog
faeces.
He has invested 10,000 pounds into designing the power stations
with his business partner Christopher Dunn. They set up a company
called StreetKleen.
He hopes to have the first waste bins in place in the county by
July.
On the reasons behind the idea, he said his five-year-old chiled
studies at Broughton Primary School, the teachers at the school
have had to wipe dog mess off children's shoes.
Anaerobic digestion is a process in which micro-organisms break
down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen.
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