Amaizeingly Green FAQ's
Q: What is the difference between the dry mill and wet mill ethanol technologies?
A: Dry milling is by far the least expensive way to produce ethanol but only produces one low grade co-product called Dried Distillers Grains (DDGs). Conversely, our wet milling process creates several high-grade, diversified, environmentally-friendly co-products: corn germ, corn gluten meal, corn fibre (cellulose), brewers yeast, and heavy steep water.
Q: How much corn do you grind every day?
A: We grind 15,000 or more bushels of corn everyday. This corn ultimately produces transportation fuel, cattle feed, natural fertilizer, human and pet food.
Q: What are the advantages to using ethanol blended fuels?
A: Ethanol is a renewable fuel whereas gasoline is a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels will eventually run out but renewable fuels will not. Ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline and will assist in cleaner combustion in automobile engines. Ethanol use will significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions, ensuring a cleaner environment. Canada will be less dependent on imported gasoline with higher use of ethanol.
Q: How does your corn-based Amaizeingly Green™ fertilizer work?
A: Corn gluten acts as a natural "pre-emergent" - it inhibits seed germination by drying out a seed as soon as it cracks open to sprout. Corn gluten meal prevents sprouting seeds from developing normal roots. This does not directly kill the seedlings, but makes them susceptible to dehydration if the soil gets dry. Established plants are not affected. As a plant food, corn gluten has a N-P-K ratio of 10-0-0, or 10% nitrogen by weight. These qualities make corn gluten an ideal 'weed n feed' product.
Q: It is true that it takes more energy to produce a litre of ethanol than is contained in that litre?
A: No, it is not true. A recent USDA study determined that 1.67 units of energy are produced for every unit expended in the production of ethanol.
Q: Can you make cellulosic ethanol at your facility?
A: Yes. Because the Collingwood facility processes the fibre out of corn on-site and because we have existing distillation and fermentation processes on-site, Amaizeingly Green Products, L.P. is uniquely positioned to produce cellulosic ethanol when the technology becomes more economically viable in the next few years.
Q: Is your facility safe?
A: Very safe. We have an approved fire safety plan, which is updated regularly. Our contaminant air emissions have been regularly spot-checked by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), who consistently find that all concentrations are well below all MOE health effect levels.
Q: How many people work at the Collingwood facility?
A: We employ 50 people in Collingwood and our operations are responsible for 200 jobs indirectly.
