Posts Tagged ‘methane gas’

Plans for First Food Waste to Energy Plant in U.S. Underway

Plans for First Food Waste to Energy Plant in U.S. Underway

December 13, 2010 The green light has been given by Portland Metro to Columbia Biogas to “build a facility that will use anaerobic digestion to transform commercial food waste into methane gas that will run engines to generate electricity.” The food waste will be collected from commercial and industrial sources and is “expected to produce [...]

Waste Land: Does the Large Amount of Food Discarded in the U.S. Take a Toll on the Environment?

Waste Land: Does the Large Amount of Food Discarded in the U.S. Take a Toll on the Environment?

March 4, 2010 Now if this isn’t a waste: “According to the Agriculture Department, each year Americans toss more than 25 percent, of all domestically produced food. A 2009 study showed that a quarter of U.S. water and 4 percent of U.S. oil consumption annually go into producing and distributing food that ultimately ends up [...]