The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) has been hired by a consortium of 187 Maine towns to determine if technology developed by Fiberight could be an option for the state’s waste. Fiberight distills municipal solid waste into ethanol, biogas or compressed natural gas. The fuel product made from garbage is called Trashanol, a name copyrighted by Fiberight. According to an article in the Bangor Daily News, Hemant Pendse, Director of FBRI, “has assembled a project team with expertise in industrial development and process, techno-economic analysis, enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation.”

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