Aerobic digesters offer residents and businesses with an alternative resource to turn food waste into liquid. This process not only efficiently processes organic waste - thus diverting it from landfills - but also assists New York City residents in complying with new composting mandates.
A new mandate in New York City aimed to require businesses that generate a lot of food waste to compost organic materials rather than throw them away with other trash. Because there aren’t enough facilities within 100 miles of the city to compost all of the food waste generated by local businesses, the mandate was temporarily put on hold.
A biotech company, however, has developed an aerobic digester that could process organic waste on-site for local businesses, making composting both efficient and affordable.
In an interview with Crain’s New York, Frank Celli, CEO of BioHitech America, explained how the aerobic digester converts vegetation and animal products into liquid, which can be put down a drain as wastewater. From there, the waste is sent to sewage treatment plants, effectively removing the materials from landfills. Not only do local businesses have their carbon footprint reduced and costs lowered, but the local community will not be exposed to food-ridden garbage that starts to smell as items rot.
Read full coverage from Crain’s New York here.