Garbology Chapter 11

This chapter talks mostly about Portland, Oregon. Humes explains how they are very green and they even have more bicycle racks then actual parking space along with many bike lanes. They also have Alphine chalets which are cable cars which take people everywhere from downtown, to universities, to medical centers as Humes states.  Although Portland makes a lot of trash, they do all that they can to be green. They divert as much trash as they can. In Arlington they have a experimental process called plasma gastification that uses electrical energy to vaporize the trash. Humes states "This garbage death ray reduces trash volume by 99 percent, not even leaving ash behind"(Humes 251).  This process is very expensive unfortunately. I thought it would be an amazing way to get rid of trash! Another place Humes talks about is Copenhagen, Denmark. They seem to have it all worked out, from everyone on bikes, to energy independence, to using zero fossil fuels in the future. Only 3 to 4 percent of their trash goes to their landfills, Humes states. They are turning trash into a energy source. They keep waste to energy plants by their neighborhoods, saying that most are proud of it. Denmark runs most of its power on wind! The rest in energy from their trash!