Yuen-Li Chan – How Technology Can Help Solve the Global Garbage Problem

The Nick Halaris Show

This week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring Yuen-Li Chan, the COO of Phoenix Waste Solutions. Yuen-Li and her business partner Tamara Webb have patented a zero-fuel waste disposal apparatus that turns trash into ash and energy. The Phoenix can thermally degrade unsorted municipal solid waste without using any fuel and produce 98% less greenhouse gasses than landfills or incinerators. It can process 5 to 8 tons per day at less than half the cost of landfill tipping fees.

I wanted to have Yuen-Li on the show to learn more about our global garbage problem and shine a spotlight on the incredible potential of her innovative new product. Yuen-Li came to our interview prepared not only to discuss the Phoenix but also armed with a whole of bunch of eye-opening facts, figures, and trends about garbage, recycling, and the environmental impact of rising global mass consumerism. In this fascinating episode, we discuss:

• Just how big the trash problem really is and why landfills and traditional incineration technologies are just too costly for the environment to continue doing
• Why, as much as we love Amazon Prime and the thrill of unboxing, packaging materials are becoming a major problem for our landfill capacity
• Why the rise of single-source recycling has actually led to a decline in recycling rates in America
• Why the centralization of waste management has produced such a huge negative climate impact
• How the Phoenix uses a patented process involving plasma-assisted combustion to burn garbage in a much cleaner, more energy-efficient way.
• Why the US Department of Defense is showing interest in the Phoenix and the idea of decentralized waste management
• & Much, much more

Stay tuned to the end to learn how an experience on a bike ride in a remote jungle in Malaysia opened Yuen-Li’s eyes to our global trash problem and redirected her focus towards a new mission. Yuen-Li also discusses how her love of the outdoors and her work as an eco-tourism entrepreneur inspired her passionate commitment to serving as a steward of Nature.

As always, I hope you all enjoy this episode. Thanks for tuning in!

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