TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOLOGY - Preferred Components: The beta enzyme is alpha -amylase, amyloglucosidase, beta -amylase, cellulase, or ligase.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - Preferred Components: The fermentation reactor network comprises: at least two fermentation reactors arranged in a set of two, where each set comprises an attached heat exchanger and a circulation pump; or 8 fermentation reactors.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ENVIRONMENT - Preferred Method: The waste treatment step comprises at least one technique including fermentation (preferred), aerobic microbial digestion, anaerobic microbial digestion, activated sludge treatment, oxidation, aerated lagoon treatment, anaerobic lagoon treatment, bead filtration, bioconversion to mixed alcohol fuels in a bioreactor, biorotor treatment, carbon filtering, chlorine disinfection, dissolved air flotation, distillation, desalination, electrocoagulation, electrodeionization, electrolysis, expanded granular sludge bed digestion, flocculation and sedimentation, fluidized bed biofiltration, flotation processes, fuzzy filtration, ion exchange, maceration, ozone and ultrasound, recirculating sand filtration, reverse osmosis, submerged aerated filtration, industrial ultrafiltration, UV disinfection, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion, upflow sludge blanket filtration, or wet oxidation. The method (M1) further comprises: pumping the mixture of fuel ethanol and water to a distillation column; distilling the mixture of fuel ethanol and water to separate the fuel ethanol and water; and separating any remaining water from the distilled fuel ethanol with at least one molecular sieve. In the method (M1), the measured quantity of water is determined by at least one physical property of the wastes. The method (M2) further comprises: pumping the fermentation products to a storage vessel; heating the storage vessel to flash the fuel ethanol water mixture and the carbon dioxide, where the flashing separates the carbon dioxide from the fuel ethanol water mixture; condensing the fuel ethanol water mixture to form a mixture comprising fuel ethanol, water, and at least one suspended solid; pumping the mixture to a stripping column; removing at least one volatile component from the mixture with a vapor stream in the stripping column; pumping the mixture from the stripping column to a distillation column; and distilling the mixture to obtain a distillate and a bottom, where the distillate comprises the fuel ethanol and the bottoms comprise the suspended solids. The method (M2) optionally contains separating the fuel ethanol water mixture by the use of the molecular sieves. The effluent or the thin stillage is obtained from one of the downstream columns or the process. Preferred Components: At least one heavy component of the waste comprises bones, stone glass, batteries and/or metal objects. At least one light component of the waste comprises textile, wood, plastics and/or foil.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: In the methods, the molecular sieve is activated carbon, desiccant, lime, silica gel, or zeolite. In the method (M2), the molecular sieve comprises engineered silica having an average particle size of 3 Angstrom .    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: In the method (M1), the liquefaction of the carbohydrates results in the formation of a mixture of a disaccharide and an oligomer, where the disaccharide is maltose and oligomer comprises at least one glucose unit and the yeast species anaerobically convert the maltose into the fuel ethanol and carbon dioxide. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.