A large portion of waste generated in North America is organic material in the form of food waste, which ends up in and comprises 30-40% of Landfills (LF). This shortens the lifespan of the LF’s, and has resulted in odor and leachate issues, and large Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. North American LF’s are reaching their capacity, and many Municipalities are implementing LF diversion initiatives and organic waste bans.
Renewable Energy
There are over 68 million tones of food waste generated in North America each year. There is significant energy content in this material – the energy equivalent of 3.6 GW of power, or the ability to power 2.5 M homes. Yield can recover the energy from this food waste and organic matter to produce renewable energy in the form of renewable natural gas or electricity. This will expand the lifespan of existing LF’s, and reduce existing odor, leachate and GHG issues.
Yield Biogas Solutions believes in following the Food Recovery Hierarchy by utilising the energy potential from organic waste streams and developing environmentally friendly fertilizer products.
Markets
Municipalities that wish to:
- Convert from aerobic (composting) to anaerobic (AD) processing for their food waste and organic waste streams
- Extend the lifespan of their current Landfills by implementing organic waste bans.
- Reduce their carbon footprint by reducing their green house gases (GHG)
- Have the cleanest end product (digestate) for high value end use products such as fertilizer
- Utilize the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for the generation of alternative electric generation capacity
- Convert the energy captured into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to fuel their municipal fleet.
- Offer an urban based solution & provide a long term Sustainable solution to their constituents
- Reduce their operational cost by reducing current LF disposal fees
- Utilize the associated power and/ or heat from an onsite AD facilities
- Offer a Sustainable solution for their customers and investors.
- Receive clean slurry from an organic transfer pre treatment station
- Integrate a de-packaging or contaminant removal to their pre-processing stage
- Integrate in tank contaminant removal skimmers and scrapers
- Improve their process flow
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