COLUMBIA â Plastic is gaining traction as the next source of sustainable energy, despite its reputation as a major polluter.
Environmentalists are looking for new ways to reduce landfill pollution, and power plants are looking for energy sources that produce lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Some believe burning plastic could solve both of those problems.
Convergen Energy Pellets are made from waste paper and plastics compressed together. The MU power plant hopes to gain approval from the Missouri Department of Conservation to replace coal with the pellets during the next calendar year. Karsen Idelman/Missourian
Wisconsin-based Convergen Energy creates fuel pellets from pre-consumer paper and plastic. These are the scraps industrial manufacturers would otherwise throw out because of misprints on products or other concerns.
Police investigate man shot in neck, 3 suspicious deaths in Flint
Police in Flint are investigating a Wednesday morning shooting that left a man wounded, and three suspicious deaths of middle-aged men, whose bodies were found on consecutive days.
At about 5:40 a.m., at Dakota and Minnesota in Flint, police and medics responded to a 911 call about a man shot. That s south of Leith, west of North Franklin.
They found a 37-year-old man wounded. He had been shot in the neck.
Police believe the victim was shot while he was sitting in his vehicle on the 1900 block of East Boulevard, south of Davison and about 1.4 miles south of where police found the victim.