New York company says UD study shows advantages of its waste food digestion system

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BioHiTech Global, Inc., a technology and services company announced the results of an independent Life Cycle Assessment of its aerobic digester solution for food waste conducted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware. 

The study included:

  • BioHiTech’s food waste digesters, with aerobically digested waste, is transported through the sewer line to a wastewater treatment plant for further processing
  • Trucking aerobically digested food waste to an anaerobic digester for further treatment and conversion into energy
  • Trucking food waste to a compost facility for further treatment
  • Trucking food waste/trash to a landfill for disposal

BioHiTech’s aerobic digestion solution utilizing sewer line transportation produced the most favorable global warming potential impact as measured in CO2 equivalents per 1,000 kilograms of food waste.

 By comparison, trucking aerobically processed waste to an anaerobic digester increased CO2 equivalents by 67 percent while trucking food waste to a compost facility resulted in double the amount of CO2 equivalents. As expected, trucking unprocessed food waste directly to landfills was the least environmentally friendly alternative, yielding 900 percent  more CO2 equivalents than BioHiTech’s solution. 

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“This analysis conducted by the University of Delaware provides independent validation that our food waste digester technology is an environmentally responsible solution to the organics management issues facing the United States,” says Emily Dyson, director of research and development of BioHiTech. “Through our focus on taking a practical approach to organics disposal, we have developed a solution that can be seamlessly integrated into the traditional waste management process to cost-effectively dispose of food waste in an environmentally friendly manner.”

BioHiTech.is. based in Chestnut Ridge, NY.

 

 

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