Is it Magic? No. It’s a Vacuum That Replaces Garbage Trucks

[kristopher]

Is it Magic? No. It’s a Vacuum That Replaces Garbage Trucks

STOCKHOLM --- For municipal waste fans, this is the equivalent of the electric car.

The Envac waste disposal system replaces the ritual of trash day and the noise and smell of garbage trucks with neighborhood-wide networks of vacuum tubes that whisk away trash any time you want.

Put your trash into hallway or sidewalk receptacles and a few seconds or minutes later it is whizzing off at 50 miles an hour to meet its maker. The organic waste heads to a facility where it gets converted to methane, the generic trash goes to an incinerator that feeds Stockholm’s district heating system, and the paper winds up at a recycling facility.

To top it off, the convenience of the system, as well as the fact that other residents might see you when you take out the trash, cuts down on people leaving extra bags of garbage on the sidewalk or trying to shove their crud into someone else’s trash cans.

“Your neighbors can see you recycling,” said ...

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/is-it-magic-no.-its-a-vacuum-that-replaces-garbage-trucks/

[silverweb]

1. COOL!

I wants it! :D

Seriously... this is absolute genius and I hope it catches on all over the place.

[PoliticAverse]

2. They want to put in in New York City - will it handle bodies?... n/t

[gateley]

3. It seems as though we are the LEAST forward-looking

country among developed nations. Bullet trains, garbage vacuums, wide-spread solar energy utilization, wonderful tech advances, just not here. :(

This is so very cool -- thanks for posting! :hi: Recommend!!

[msongs]

4. very cool, I want one to go with my solar panels nt

[XemaSab]

5. Am I the only nay-sayer here?

There's no recycling. Everything except paper and compost gets burned.

I'd be interested to see the energy budget and cost for this system vs. conventional trash systems.

Finally, the only time when I have been MORTIFIED to take my four barrels out to the curb every Monday was the time I fell head first into the green waste barrel. Yes, it was probably THAT funny to anyone watching.

[Nihil]

6. T(S)TIUWP!

> Finally, the only time when I have been MORTIFIED to take my four barrels
> out to the curb every Monday was the time I fell head first into the green
> waste barrel. Yes, it was probably THAT funny to anyone watching.

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[FBaggins]

7. That wouldn't be so hard to fix.

On Tuesdays you can only use the system for aluminum and steel, Thursdays are for glass and plastic only, Saturdays are limited to paper and cardboard. Any other day is general household waste.

You could even break it up by time of day.

I love this idea - though I haven't a clue whether the cost makes it at all feasible.

[txlibdem]

8. That is the coolest thing I've seen all day!

Kick!