England, the first bus powered with human feces and food waste

In service between Bath and Bristol Airport, only uses biogas produced by the sewage of Wessex Water

The first "bio-bus" service in Britain powered by biomethane from food waste and human waste. The medium with 40 seats, which is used as an airport shuttle between Bath and Bristol, moves through the gas entirely derived from food waste and human faeces treatment and processing plant operated by Energy Geneco Wessex Water. A full tank of gas, which is equivalent to the bodily waste products of five people in a year, enough to cover 190 km, as reported by the British newspaper The Guardian, with harmful emissions significantly lower than those of most modern diesel engine. A major advantage for the environment and for the economy.

"The gas vehicles have an important role to play in improving air quality in cities in the UK - said Mohammed Saddiq, Director of Geneco - but the Bio-Bus goes further and is actually powered by people living in the area, most likely those on the bus. "And for anyone who doubts whether the fuel just

look at the "decorations" on the sides of buses that are explicitly the concept of green energy.

Humor aside, this form of recycling is a real revolution in the field of alternative energy that would make a useful and valuable natural material, produced in large quantities on a daily basis and at no cost, which until now we have considered a problem for disposal. "The bus clearly shows that the human poop and food scraps are valuable resources - added Charlotte Morton, Director-General of eco-friendly Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association - the food is no longer fit for human consumption must be collected separately and recycled through the process of anaerobic digestion, gas and bio-fertilizers, green is not wasted in landfills or incinerators. "

The energy company Geneco is also the first company that started to use this gas generated from human waste for utilities to 8,300 homes on the national network by exploiting the plant Avonmouth, Bristol, is that each year 75 million cubic meters of water waste and 35 tons of food waste. Thanks to the use of anaerobic digestion, which is the process that uses bacteria to break down the substances in the absence of oxygen and which is an alternative to the traditional composting, the plant is able to produce 17 million tonnes of bio-methane each year, is Telegraph Act.

"Through the treatment of waste water and of discarded food we are able to produce enough biomethane to provide a significant supply of gas to the national grid that is able to power about 8,500 homes over the Bio-Bus. The use of biomethane in this way not only provides a sustainable fuel, but also reduces our dependence on traditional fossil fuels, "he stated Saddiq, reports the Independent. The bus ecological service on the roads of South West is run by Bath Bus Company and, as pointed out by the engineering director of transport company, Collin Field, "Bio-Bus was launched at a very appropriate in Bristol has been appointed as European Green Capital 2015 ".