How do you tranform garbage into something that is really valuable, not just aesthetically which you can see on thrown away things being transform into great work of arts but also directly, like tranforming it into electricity like biomass. The following list shows that the emerging new technology and cooperation between local government units and private sector will go a long way to foster growth of renewable energy and prevent improper disposal.
1. Pampanga - $63-million waste-to-power facility, at least 800 metric tons of garbage a day will go through combustion to generate 22 megawatts of electricity, to energize 110,000 homes, partnership with local and foreign companies.
2. Laguna - first landfill gas power plant in San Pedro, 4 megawatts of electricity for sale to the local grid
3. Naga City - waste-to-energy facility that generates low-priced electricity being made available to local electric cooperatives and power distribution utilities, with assistance from Korea-based company
4. Pagadian City, San Miguel, Guipos, Tukuran, and Aurora in Zamboanga Del Sur - signed an agreement with a private firm for a 25-year public-private partnership to operate a waste-to-energy facility that will convert solid waste into renewable energy, installation of waste thermal gasification.
5. Baseco, Manila - 120 homes in Baseco, Tondo were installed with a solar bulb made from a two-liter plastic bottle filled with a solution of water, salt, and chlorine that gathers and amplifies sunlight, the bottle acts as lens and provides interior light equivalent to 55 watts during daytime.
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