Talking about a zero waste future by applying the innovative partnering of technologies

Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by Rainforest Alberta. The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.

Host: Val McCarty is in the business of helping organizations visualize, communicate, and execute strategy in real time. Her studies were acquired at both University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University, and encompassed Management, Education, and Human Services, with an aim to continue learning. Her previous experience includes the Financial Sector, Fitness Sector, and Early Childhood Education.  When Val is not at work you can find her outside with her grandkids, or looking forward to the next live jam.

Guest: Peter Voldeng is an innovative engineer with an extensive background in business and industry. He thrives on developing design concepts, growth strategies, engineering processes and development, and has a strong engineering understanding of industrial, commercial, and municipal infrastructure systems. Peter Voldeng is the Founder and President of VDQ-NRG Systems. 

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Links:

• VDQ-NRG Systems

 

Show Quotes:

"So the hydrothermal liquefaction process that we have, it was originally developed to liquefy coal."

"these products when put into landfills create problems of methane. So the landfills produce methane and it is estimated that by 2030 landfills in the world will produce 50% of human caused methane emissions."

"we can take that plastic and make a toy dinosaur for a child that child can play with the toy dinosaur. And when he's done, it gets thrown away. When we take the plastic from that dinosaur and we can turn it back into new plastics to create that circular economy."

Credits...

This Episode Sponsored By: New Idea Machine

Episode Music: Tony Del Degan

Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan