{"id":15918,"date":"2013-10-09T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T21:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15918"},"modified":"2013-10-09T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T21:36:36","slug":"anaerobic-digestion-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/anaerobic-digestion-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaerobic Digestion: a Clean Energy Solution for Your Business [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anaerobic digestion<\/a> – extracting methane from organic wastes – doesn’t get the love of, say, solar and wind: it’s not nearly as sexy, and definitely more smelly. But it’s also a renewable energy technology with plenty of available feedstock: all of that food waste<\/a> we discuss \u00a0regularly could go towards the creation of biogas (assuming its no longer edible).<\/p>\n

So, we’re happy to give this approach to clean energy another plug with the following infographic (courtesy of GTS Maintenance<\/a>). I’m not sure I agree with some of the claims here about carbon dioxide – to my knowledge, the CO2 produced by burning methane is the same CO2 that comes from burning oil and coal – but methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas (20x the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide), so anaerobic digestion is very helpful in terms of keeping it out of the atmosphere. And any business that produces organic wastes – from restaurants to entertainment venues – ought to consider this: it seems to me that it could be a really affordable means of powering at least part of your operation.<\/p>\n

Need to see a larger version? Just click on the image below (and, depending on your browser, again on the new image).<\/p>\n

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This post is generously sponsored by GTS Maintenance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anaerobic digestion – extracting methane from organic wastes – doesn’t get the love of, say, solar and wind: it’s not nearly as sexy, and definitely more smelly. But it’s also a renewable energy technology with plenty of available feedstock: all of that food waste we discuss regularly could go towards the creation of biogas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7],"tags":[6594,91,1300,4961,215,107],"yoast_head":"\nPower Your Business with Anaerobic Digestion?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Got organic waste? Don't throw them away - there's energy in those kitchen scraps and green wastes. 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