Comments on: Students Make Renewable Ethanol Fuel from Soda Pop

By: P Willson

P Willson — Sun, 08 May 2011 13:13:00 +0000

I work at a bottling facility (Pepsi) in Toronto Ontario. Altough we still produce a lot of waste, but like any corporation the invevitable goal is to forecast production in lines with demand. Therefore we are constantly trying to forecast better in order to reduce waste for both financial/environmental reasons . It is true that we pay liquid waste disposal companies to remove our out of date product.

Pretty interesting that I found this article, as I am exploring the possibility of creating e85 at home (in a Charles 803 still) using the waste product from my work. It would be my estimation that this is in no way a cost effective solution on a large scale, but rather just an interesting experiment or hobby for someone like me to try at home… since I have unlimited access to expired product.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:33:36 +0000

Hi Roger sorry about the delayed reply. I think you’re on to something, especially when you consider that bottled drinks are just one sector of the food processing/packaging industry, which produces vast quantities of liquid and solid bio-waste. Each facility has to re-conceive its waste as a recoverable resource that can potentially add value to the operation, or at the very least break even with conventional disposal methods. With so many variables involved there is no single solution.

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By: Roger Lauricella

Roger Lauricella — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:12:20 +0000

Tina:

Take the story to the next level. Find out how much “Pop” is wasted or disposed of across the industry and individually at particular facilities and see if an estimate can be had on how much ethanol might be produced from that wastage. Then the discussion could continue forward as the “pop” companies would have to gauge whether the cost of disposal is worth investment (or an unknown dollar amount)to produce ethanol.