Comments for GM Going 50% Landfill-Free by 2010 at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:34:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18748 No amount of PR work can erase the impression of most motorist on how GM could have turned the tables and led in the being the greenest car company on earth. They have themselves to thank for having killed the EV1, the first successful pure electric vehicle that was way ahead of its time. They should have recycled the executives together with the crushed EV1's and presented them to the oil companies as a tribute to their being one of their loyal followers..... - Ray Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:03:06 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18655 I'd like to know how they recycled all of those EV1 electric cars they seized back from their happy leasees after they crushed them. I agree with Nilay - sounds like a PR job to me. - Patty Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:56:06 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18581 With the use of Plasma Converters GM can get rid of 100% of its waste in a completely pollution free and cost effective manner. In addition, in so doing, they will be able to retrieve an enormous amount of clean energy in the form of hydrogen, ethanol, and/or Plasma Converted Gas (a synthetic fuel gas similar to natural gas). Plasma Converters are from 1,000 to 100,000 times cleaner than current EPA emissions standards and they routinely achieve a 300:1 volume reduction. Where Plasma Converters are in play landfills and incinerators are things of the past. Thank God because there is some truly foul stuff coming out of those monstrosities. Material that is fed into the machine is actually not a waste; rather it is a feedstock. This is due to the fact that the end products are all valuable commodity products. Don't take my word for it; look it up for yourself at "howstuffworks.com" or somewhere like that. This technology couldn't have come at a better time. Wouldn't it be nice to get our ethanol from our garbage and keep our corn for food? - Adam Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:27:01 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18521 Likely because they will be closing half their plants. - Richard Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:36:19 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18503 @Nilay: Hilarious! @TheGeek: I heard about GM reducing it's waste stream more than ten years ago (car radio packaging), so while you're right about most companies, this may be different. Isn't this good news overall though? My major disappointment with GM has been that they make sucky cars. Shouldn't an american company be making the best cars in the world? - Evan Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:02:56 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18500 Call me a cynic, BUT... at the rate they are going, they will probably manufacturer 50% less cars in 2010 too. Wonder if this is only a way of spinning the truth. - Nilay Patel Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:49:54 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2081#comment-18497 "The question arises of shouldn’t they have done this earlier?" They would have had there been any money in it. Up until the last couple of years it has been cheaper to toss a lot of the waste then spend the time and money to try in recycle. Not only is energy and getter more expense but as landfills get fuller dumping costs are going up as well. So it has gotten to a point where the ROI has made so that going landfill free improves the bottom line. The simple fact is that most big business in the US today don't do anything unless it has an impact on the bottom line. - TheGeek Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:10:03 +0100