Company Makes Ethanol From Old Beer, Mouthwash, Soft Drinks

Detroit-based Disposal and Recycling Technologies Inc. (DART), which handles community recycling, oil treatment, and waste-water treatment, said it is moving ahead with technologies that will turn alcohol and sugar-based beverages such as old beer, wine, soda, juice, and liquor into fuel grade ethanol. In addition, the company said, the facility will also convert the used beverage containers and packaging into recycled plastic, cardboard, glass, and aluminum.

According to DART's website, the company's alternative fuels division's technologies have the potential of creating two hundred proof ethanol (one hundred percent), meeting fuel ethanol E85 ASTM (The American Society for Testing and Materials) standards for the blending of E85. Compliant with regulations and requirements set forth by the US Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms (TTB). DART Alternative Fuels meets the United States Clean Air Act requirements for systems emissions.

Typical packaged and bulk materials used in the production of ethanol include:

Soft Drinks
Fruit Drinks/Energy Drinks
Beer/Wine/Spirits
Candy
Pharmaceuticals with Alcohol
Alcohols
Sugar
Mouthwash
Molasses/Syrup
Contaminated Ethanol
Cosmetics/Perfumes
Off-spec Ethanol

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