Anaerobic digesters process organic materials like our yard waste, food waste, and other organics and turns them into valuable resources like renewable natural gas, compost, and biochar. An anaerobic digester works much like your stomach, but is much bigger and breaks down a lot more organic material. The digestion takes place in a sealed vessel which contains complex microbial communities that break down waste. That food waste is converted into renewable natural gas (RNG) and biochar.

RNG is a sustainable energy source reducing powerful greenhouse gases. This facility will reduce emissions by 30,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) which is equal to removing 6,147 passenger vehicles from the road each year.

Digestate, the remaining material from the anaerobic digestion process, can be made into biochar through gasification. Biochar sequesters carbon, helping meet our climate change goals while creating a valuable soil amendment product. Moreover, it improves soils that grow our food, completing a circular economy.