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Business and Finance 
Fri, October 23, 2009
Mayor Craig A. Moe Announces City of Laurel Partners With W2 Energy to Turn Garbage Into Clean Energy
LAUREL, MD--(Marketwire - October 23, 2009) - Laurel, Maryland has decided that it is better to turn its garbage into energy than to keep pouring it into landfills. The Mayor Craig A. Moe and City Council of Laurel, Maryland are excited about the opportunity to convert a costly trash problem into green energy products. With landfills reaching capacity and trash disposition becoming increasingly more expensive, this is a partnership that will not only save some of the City's limited resources, but contribute to a cleaner environment.
The City of Laurel, Maryland will be working with W2 Energy (
"This is an amazing opportunity for W2 Energy to prove out its technology," says David Freund, Vice-President of Business Development for W2. "We have been developing this technology for the last 9 years and now it is time to let it shine."
Laurel currently uses four garbage refuse trucks to collect an average of 28 tons a day of municipal solid waste from Laurel's more than 12,000 homes and townhouses. W2's research and development engineers calculate that using W2's technology, each metric ton of municipal solid waste can produce slightly more than 100 gallons of liquid fuel, plus roughly 700 kilowatt hours of electricity.
"This is an opportunity for the city to save money by using a cutting edge technology process to convert problematic waste material into clean usable green energy," says Paul McCullagh, Director of Public Works for the City of Laurel.
"Every year the cost of getting rid of garbage trash goes up. Each of my trucks drivers spends an additional two hours after it has collected collecting all the garbage City trash just getting to the landfill, unloading and coming back to base," says McCullagh. "This technology will help us save on fuel, labor and the tipping fees we have to pay the landfills."
Once the 4 ton per day waste to energy unit has been proven and tested, the City of Laurel will provide a location where W2 can install a full size commercial plant to convert all of Laurel's waste into usable energy.
About W2 Energy
W2 Energy trades in the United States on the OTC under the symbol "WTWO." For further information, please contact Mike McLaren at (519) 341 3185 or [ www.w2energy.com ].
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