Keep Taylor Beautiful

Bio-diesel from sewage

Marlborough-based Aquaflow Bionomic yesterday announced it had produced its first sample of bio-diesel fuel from algae in sewage ponds.

It is believed to be the world's first commercial production of bio-diesel from "wild" algae outside the laboratory - and the company expects to be producing at the rate of at least one million litres of the fuel each year from Blenheim by April.

posted by Miles Baska

Spring 2006 Trash-Off

Our Spring Trash-Off was a huge success! There were 13 Taylor employees working as well as 2 from EISI and 64 volunteers (42 adults and 24 children). The city collected 13 truck loads totaling 25 cubic yards, or 9,750 lbs. Other collection stats:

    330lbs. of scrap metal
    819lbs. of aluminum cans
    6 batteries
    200lbs. of newspaper
    100lbs. of clothing for Shepherd's Heart
    87 tires totaling 2,088lbs.
    500lbs. of E-waste
    61 bags of litter totaling 1,220lbs.

A big THANK YOU to everyone who pitched in and helped to Keep Taylor Beautiful!

posted by Miles Baska