How to Make Electricity From Garbage

Gather the garbage into a single location. Divide it into two sections, including recyclable and non-recyclable materials. Recyclable materials include plastics, paper, cardboard, aluminum and clear glass. Nor-recyclables include food products, plastic foam, contaminated wood, vinyl, and some types of plastic and glassware.

Sort the recyclable items based on their material type and discard the non-recyclable items. You can do this manually, but many firms have machines for this operation. You will be left with different collections of plastic, paper, cardboard, aluminum and clear glass.

Place garbage in a "gasification" chamber, inserting each product separately. The chamber heats the garbage with extremely high temperatures of several thousand degrees. This will break the products down into their elemental parts and release energy as the compounds break apart.

Plug copper wires from the gasification chamber into a combustion engine to feed the resulting energy to create electricity. Attach the engine to a grid or another electrical machine that requires power. A 30-percent generation efficiency is deemed acceptable.