Urban Waste

Name:
Urban Waste
Detailed information:
Solid waste materials including garbage, cellulosics, glass, metals, etc., but not sewage (municipal waste). Garbage is being used both directly as fuel and fermented to yield proteins; the cellulosic portion can be hydrolyzed to glucose, which is in turn converted to methane by anaerobic fermentation. A continuous process for this operation utilizing newspapers or sawdust has been reported.See Waste Control; Biomass.