About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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Symposium
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14th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
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Presentation Title |
L-12: Sustainable Waste Processing Through Modular Anaerobic Digestion |
Author(s) |
Dylan Lew |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Dylan Lew |
Abstract Scope |
Food waste is a very expensive problem here in the US where annually we are wasting 408 billion dollars worth of food. That’s enough money to solve world hunger TWICE over. This rotting food is also contributing to over 8% of greenhouse gas emissions and is an opportunity to lower national and global emissions. My team at Ecotone is tackling this multifaceted problem of food waste through our small-scale digester called the Seahorse. We have a pilot system running in Pittsburgh, PA which sustainably processes 10 tons of food waste annually on-site, and produces a carbon negative organic fertilizer. Through this system, our mission is to close the food loop and turn the food waste of today into the nutrients of tomorrow. |