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Waste to Energy

  • Thermal Energy

  • Electrical Power

AG’s existing and emerging technology and processes offer substantial value for a myriad of benefactors, including:

  1. Environment by:

    • Reduction in emission of greenhouse gases from landfill methane and truck traffic

    • End to landfill usage

    • Remediation and reclamation of specialty products and components

    • Reclamation of landfills

    • Decrease reliance on hydrocarbon-based power

    • Production of ethanol from non-grain/ food chain sources


  2. Municipalities, communities and regulators by:

    • Increase of recycling & recovery rates

    • Energy recovering and gains of renewable energy source

    • Extension of landfill life

    • Reduction of traffic congestion

    • Enhanced security controls in high security zones and complexes


  3. Waste management companies by:

    • Diversion of waste from landfills

    • Reduction of transportation costs

    • Complimentary integral solutions to traditional waste management operations and practices.


  4. Utilities and Fuel Producers by:

    • Recapture and Increase of otherwise wasted fuel for renewable energy generation

    • Remediation and reclamation of specialty fuels used in exploration and well drilling

    • Diversification of alternatives for ethanol supply away from food chain based production


Municipal Solid Waste and other forms of carbon-based waste represent a valuable source of energy that is presently underutilized and for the most part ignored. The U.S. produces approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per person per day, most of it destined for landfill sites. Each ton of municipal solid waste (MSW) converted into energy yields the energy equivalent of approximately one and one-half barrels of oil. A 200-ton per day plant, designed to convert MSW into thermal energy will produce the equivalent of approximately 300 barrels of oil per day, or almost 110,000 barrels per year.


AG has developed state-of-the-art gasification systems for the processing of municipal, industrial and agricultural waste and by-products in a various forms: solid, sludge and liquid materials, (generally referred to as feedstock). The Energy generated from the waste gasification of these waste streams is recoverable and can be harnessed to power systems and equipment normally relying on natural gas, propane, fuel oil / diesel, coal, or other fossil fuels as the primary energy fuel.


New waste management technology, recoverable/renewable energy, fuel prices, government regulation and policy are important factors which shape the environment in which AG operates.


Given the business model, AG’s services could include a range of waste collection, waste disposal, remediation, reclamation, energy recovery & power production, landfill remediation, recyclables, recoverables and other services.