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250 251 communities such as offshore oil rigs,remote resorts, mining camps,research stations,and numerous other habitats that,for various reasons,cannot transfer their waste to others.Wouldn’t it be awonderful thing if the waste products generated in these habitats had away, not only to be safelydisposed of onsite,but also to be transmuted into a useful resource?Terragon Environ- mental Technologies of Montreal,Canada and its 35 workers believe so,and theyhave beenworking pre- cisely toward that goal,since 2004. “Terragonwas founded byDr.Peter Tsantrizos,who spent his entire life inwaste solutions and renewable energies,”saysAndrewKorney,Terragon’s Director of Business Development for MarineApplications.“He startedTerragonwith a different mindset; instead of developing technologies where youwould bringwaste to one facility to process and recycle,he tooka different approach.Hewanted to put these unique appliances in the habitats that are creating thewaste,to use the waste,or thewater,to produce resources,onsite,and enable off-grid sustainability.It’s somethingwe call TRU Habitat–Total Resource Utilization.Youmove away from the hauling,and transportation,and landfilling– an unsustainable,centralized approach.” Terragon’s flagship product is calledMAGS–the MicroAuto Gasification System.It’s for solidwaste, garbage,and sludge oils.“That was the first product we developed,”says Korney,“and,technically,is our only commercialized product at this point.It’s been avail- able commercially for the last three years.”MAGS is the world’smost compact,efficient,and environmentally safe technology for the conversion of anycombustible, TERRAGON ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES