WITH THE US PRODUCING OVER 70 MILLIONS TONS OF ORGANIC WASTE ANNUALLY, IT'S CLEAR THAT FOR ANY ADVOCATE OF A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO REDUCE THIS. THIS ANNUAL NUMBER HIDES SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO AN EVER-ESCALATING, RAPIDLY-APPROACHING CRISIS: DISAPPEARING NATURAL RESOURCES, MORE POLLUTION AND LESS ROOM IN LANDFILLS, AMONG OTHER HIGHLY IMPACTING ISSUES.
It’s a disaster waiting to happen, and sooner rather than later. The different types of wastes contain all kinds of harmful chemicals, antibiotics, nutrients and pathogens which can harm the surrounding area in any number of ways (for example, by getting into the source of drinking water, crops, or harming the surrounding wildlife).
Not only that, but one of the biggest issues with filling up our landfills is that it creates huge amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas. Methane traps heat in the atmosphere at a rate higher than carbon dioxide does (86x more), resulting in more rapidly escalating climate change.
It’s clear that something needs to be done. We need to –
With creating biogas from food waste, both of these issues are solved in one go.
Biogas is a type of natural gas. It’s created by breaking down the bacteria in organic waste (such as plant and animal products) in ‘anaerobic digestion’ – a digestive process in a purpose-built vessel, and an oxygen-free environment.
When creating biogas from food waste, the biogas is created by anaerobic digestion, recycling the organic material fed into the vessel which releases biogas.
But that’s not all: the biogas from the food waste process separates the energy created – the biogas itself – and any other solid run-off (‘digestate’), which can also be used for sustainable living.
This anaerobic digestion process can happen naturally in some landfills, natural environments and even livestock manure processing factories, but not at any significant, environment-changing level. For that, we need to look at making longer-lasting and higher-impacting changes.
One of these could be harnessing the power of the anaerobic digestion process to produce biogas from food waste. It’s an optimized, controlled process, and has the power to make a huge impact on your personal contribution to landfills, while cutting down the amount of food waste you produce, and even saving your energy bills!
If this sounds complicated, rest assured that it isn’t.
The actual creation of biogas from food waste takes place in purpose built ‘reactors’ (vessels). Once the food waste and organic waste scraps are added to the reactor, the bacteria inside the reactor works in stages to break down the waste, creating a chain of chemical reactions that end in biogas formation (as well as digestate runoff in liquid and solid form).
Sometimes, biogas from food waste can be produced quicker when different types of organic wastes are placed in the reactor together: this is called ‘co-digestion’.
Once the biogas is captured, it can be used for a whole range of sustainable living activities, including:
Biogas from food waste has so many and-uses, you might wonder why you’re only just hearing more about it!
Among them include –
As far as who actually uses biogas from food waste, the answer is: anyone who’s looking to source and live a renewable energy lifestyle.
This can be anyone from –
Curious to see if you too should be using biogas from food waste? If you’re eager to cut down on your reliance on fossil fuels and are interested in creating your own, locally produced, renewable energy, it could be you.
HomeBiogas products come in an assortment of sizes because the people who use our systems come from a variety of backgrounds and lifestyles.
If it all sounds a bit complicated, then rest assured that it’s anything but.
On that note, when it comes to the benefits of using biogas from food waste, you might be pleased to know that there are so many other benefits to doing so, all of which could really affect and improve your entire lifestyle!
Using biogas from food waste will impact your –
The above benefits are so easy to achieve. You just need the correct reactor…and you could be creating your own biogas from food waste in your very own backyard in just a matter of clicks!
The HomeBiogas reactor brings you the ability to create your own biogas from food waste to your own home.
Installing the reactor takes no time at all, and brings you an all-natural, environmentally-friendly way to cook your food and fertilize your garden.
It’s incredibly simple too: just collect up to 6 liters of food scraps (or other organic waste) and put it into the system. Turn the stove on, wait for the biogas to form, and cook your food!
It’s odor-less, hassle-free…and gives you all the benefits outlined above.
Delivered straight to your stove top in an instant, your biogas from food waste will bring you –
You can feed the HomeBiogas system anything from fruit, dairy, eggs, meats, cooking oil and more that’s organic. The system itself is a one-time purchase that will last you up to 15 years before you need to replace it. Even better, it doesn’t require any cleaning (which makes it the best type of composter or stovetop you could ask for).
With the HomeBiogas system you’ll reduce your carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuels while saving money on non-renewable energy. Take the next step toward living your most sustainable life and discover the HomeBiogas product which will serve you best!
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