“Dog owners everywhere are collecting pet waste in plastic bags and then sending it to landfills. The waste contained in these plastic bags release small amounts of methane that over time is a substantial quantity. The Park Spark Project is based on substituting the common trashcan and plastic bag with a public methane digester and biodegradable bag, so that the dog waste collected is converted into a usable form of energy (methane). This methane will burn constantly in the form of an ‘eternal flame’ monument until someone proposes an idea for the use of the flame.
The energy of the digester manifested as an ‘eternal flame’ is evidence of the redundant and unquestioned nature of our behaviors. Once in place, as long as people own pets in the city and throw away dog waste, the production of energy will be continuous and unlimited.”
Of course we should also be completely rethinking how human waste is processed – out of sight out of mind will absolutely come back to haunt us big time!
Would you be interested in setting one of these up in mtl? I am thinking of looking into it…