Urban Waste to Value

Around the world approximately 40% of food is wasted, a staggering amount. This is a resource, but is ending up in landfills today. We strive to recover this resource into products humanity can use. The waste poses a substantial burden on landfills and accounts for 18% of methane emissions in the U.S., which is a 80 times more potent greenhouse gas compared to CO2. As a result, states and municipalities are rolling out organic waste policies and landfill bans. 

Most fertilizers are derived from mining or fossil resources today and primarily constitute synthetic chemicals like ammonia and inorganic phosphates. We need low-emission fertilizers and organic components to support regeneration of our soils and increase in its carbon content, water-holding capacity.

Low carbon fuels like hydrogen and hythane are needed for a clean future. Hythane is a versatile energy carrier that has the potential to transform the way we think about energy and can serve as an intermediate to hydrogen. Its use in upcoming clean energy systems results in a zero emission source of energy. However, almost 90% of the such fuels used today comes from fossil fuels, and significant up ramp exists for end use of pure hydrogen as fuel. 

Liquid fraction of food waste converted into H2 mixed fuels and green ammonia/phosphate, and residual solids processed into a soil additive.