“We
have begun discussions with the Carbon War Room (CWR), to implement a solution
that will convert shredded tires and other waste into electricity”
Chairman of the St
Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLSWMA), Sylvester Clauzel, who is also
and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainable Development,
explaining St. Lucia's move to convert Tyres to Coal
Plans
are afoot in Jamaica by the NSWMA (National Solid Waste Management Authority)
to use old discarded Tyres from Motor Vehicles at the Riverton City to make
Asphalt as explained in my
blog
article entitled
“Concrete
considered for Road Repair Contracts in Jamaica - Rubber Tyre Asphalt with
Solar Roadways and Glass Tile Roads a Dark Horse in the Year of the Sheep”.
But
in St. Lucia, they have a different plan, one that I’d hinted at in a previous
blog article. SLSWMA (St Lucia’s Solid Waste Management Authority) plans to use
their old discarded Tyres filling their dumps to make Motor Vehicle Fuel as
reported in “St
Lucia seeking to develop alternative Fuel from used Tyres”, published Wednesday,
July 30, 2014 3:21 PM, The Jamaica
Observer.
St. Lucia’s Tyre
Problem – SLSWMA accidental discovery of a Fuel Goldmine in Discarded Tyres
The
SLSWMA has hit upon this idea quite by chance. Their Two Tyre shredders,
located at Delgos on the island which they use to masticate the Tyres for
storage in the dump to reduce their ability to catch afire as well as store
water and allow mosquitoes to breed, broke down. By 2012, they'd purchased a
new high capacity shredder SLSWMA.
But
the installation costs of this new contraption meant they had to turn back to
the non-functioning pair with an aim to repair their electrical systems to get
them working again, to quote Minister for Sustainable Development, Dr. James
Fletcher, detailed those setbacks in his 2013-2014 Annual Report to Parliament,
quote: “The island’s waste disposal challenges are due to the lack of adequate
financing for the upgrade of the electrical system at Deglos to facilitate the Tyre
shredder and reactivation of the autoclave”.
During
this period of downtime since 2012, the Rubber Tyres on this small island have
been piling up. Thus not only would the shredder reduce the stockpile of Tyres
that are currently being stored in their current form, but there's the
potential to make Fuel from the tyres, saving the country a great deal of
money.
To
this end, they begun discussion with the CWR (Carbon War Room) founded by Sir
Richard Branson, also the founder of the Virgin Group of companies and a Commercial
Space Entrepreneur, the main reason this article caught my eye. The CWR's is a
non-profit organization that helps small island nations to adopt practices to
reduce Carbon Emission in keeping with the Kyoto Protocol and advance an
Alternative Energy Plans.
Good
to note here this is the same St. Lucia that's suppose to have been receiving
and assembling parts for Portland, Oregon based company Porteon to be shipped
to Jamaica for the assembly of All-Electric Vehicles as detailed in my Geezam blog article entitled “Oregon-based
Porteon to assemble All-Electric Vehicles in Jamaica – One By One”.
Tyres to Fuel – Why is
Jamaica not converting Tyres at Riverton City Dump into Fuel?
Personally,
I believe St. Lucia plan to make Fuel for Tyres is a crib of my suggestion as
detailed in my blog article entitled “How
to make Diesel and Gasoline from the Pyrolysis of Car Tyres and Plastics -
Jamaican Riverton City Dump Fire Ecological Disaster solution that reduces
Jamaica's Oil Bill”. Still, it's a good venture the small Island State that
smaller than Kingston and St. Andrew and most likely has a very small Dump.
Interestingly
enough, the US of A are already recycling Tyres for fuel, with claims by the US
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) that suggest that it's the next form of
Coal, producing some 25% more energy. In fact, their heating value is so high
rated that the US of A is increasing its conversion of Tyres to Fuel as
follows:
1. 10%
of all generated Fuel made in 1991 came from 26 million Tyres
2. 45%
of all generated Fuel made in 2003 came from 130 million Tyres
So
the question now begs; if St. Lucia is formulating plans to make Motor Vehicle Fuel,
most likely Diesel and Gasoline from Tyres and the US of A is increasing their
use of this source of Fuel that's piling up in their landfills, why is Jamaica
not doing this? And why are they going the route of making it into asphalt for
roads instead of making it into Fuel for Trucks and Motor Cars, thus reducing
our Oil Bill?
Thoughts
to ponder, dear reader....
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