Food waste will be turned into energy at a small power plant that the Forest County Potawatomi tribe has opened in Milwaukee. The Potawatomi plan to use microorganisms to convert from food and beverage processing waste into methane gas that will be burned to create electricity. Potawatomi Attorney General Jeff Crawford says the $20 million plant near the tribe's Milwaukee casino fits with a tribal ethic to try to protect the environment, by “marrying old thoughts of digesting food and waste product and combining them with new modern technology.” “And boom, here you go: We’re going to be producing green energy,” says CrawfordGet the Story:
Native American Tribe Turns Food Waste Into Electricity (Wisconsin Public Radio 10/28)
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