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EBMUD first wastewater treatment plant in nation to turn post-consumer food waste into energy

Posted by: Maven on July 21, 2009 at 2:41 pm

From Water Online:

“With help from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant, the East Bay Municipal Utility District is pioneering a method of generating renewable energy using food scraps. EBMUD takes food waste from San Francisco and Contra Costa County restaurants and commercial food processors and uses them to produce green renewable energy through anaerobic digestion. The innovative approach decreases food waste sent to landfills and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

In light of San Francisco’s recently signed mandatory composting law — the first in the nation — residents and businesses will begin increasing their composting efforts or finding new and unique ways to divert food scraps from being sent to the landfill. EBMUD’s anaerobic digester, in operation since 2004, is leading the way, and currently processes 90 tons per week of post-consumer food waste from restaurants and food processing facilities.”

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July 21, 2009 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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