Wine Barrel Composting

Project Basics

Project Sponsor: Engineers for a Sustainable World

Amount Awarded: $1,257

Grant Awarded: Fall 2015

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

The Anaerobic Digestion Project within ESW aims to build an anaerobic digester that will efficiently convert food waste into methane, the principle component of natural gas. Compared to other hydrocarbons, burning methane as fuel produces less carbon dioxide for each unit of heat released. Additionally, a byproduct of anaerobic digestion is digestate, a nutrient rich natural fertilizer.

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