Recycled milk will be used to produce biofuel for cars. Thus, the specialists plan to reduce the amount of harmful emissions.
New biofuel from milk will be developed for cars. Autonews reported that farmers from Michigan have signed an agreement with the Canadian distillery Dairy Distillery, under which specialists will create ethanol from milk permeate, a by-product left over after milk filtration. The new biofuel will be used to fuel cars and trucks.
Milk permeate is a mixture of lactose (milk sugar), vitamins and minerals. It can be used to make low-alcohol beverages and distilled into stronger low-carbon ethyl alcohol. In search of new ways to use permeate, American and Canadian experts decided to try using it as a basis for biofuels.
The Michigan Milk Producers Association has teamed up with the Canadian distillery Dairy Distillery. Together, the specialists are going to build a milk processing plant covering an area of about nine square kilometers. At the site’s facilities, employees will process milk alcohol into ethanol for cars. According to preliminary estimates, the plant will be able to produce 2.2 million gallons of biofuel annually.
