We started our day a little later than normal at about
11 AM with an organization called Ekocentrum. They are a non-profit foundation that specializes in helping businesses train their entire staff about environmentally friendly behaviors and practices. They were the first to promote the use of urine separating toilets which are flushed with rain water collected from the roof of the building. We received some very interesting brochures from this visit that we can’t wait to read!After lunch in a sleepy little café with really good
(but the typical American) hamburgers, we had a few minutes to spare and were driven up
to a lookout point called Ramberget (I hope I spelled it correctly) and enjoyed the panoramic view of Göteborg while capturing it on our cameras.Later, we met with two gentlemen who have been working on an exciting recycling project – one has dedicated the past 15 years to making it work. Their venture is called Enviro System and they have created equipment to recycle rubber tires which is unique and really interesting. Their special equipment converts
the rubber tire pieces into gas (which is used to power the unit), carbon black (which is completely 100% returned to its original state), heavy oil, light oil and some metal scraps. Every one of these by-products can be reutilized in another process. They are in the process of building the first production plant just north of Vanersborg and it should be operational later this year.After a few minutes to relax at Christina and Lars’ house, it was off to another Rotary meeting. Towards the end of dinner,
we were able to witness one of the incredible sunsets that we had heard so much about. Tonight is our last night in Göteborg with our current host families. We will be back here in about a week but will be staying with different families - - so, once again, it is time to pack up our things and move on. Tomorrow is a train ride north to Tanum.
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