There are more than 3,000 active landfills in the United States, taking up 1,800,000 acres of habitat that displaces local flora and fauna.
According to the EPA, food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills, accounting for about 40% of the total waste.
An estimated 58% of the fugitive methane emissions (i.e., those released to the atmosphere) are from landfilled food waste.
Landfills are the third-largest source of climate change in theUS, only behind FOSSIL fuel and big agriculture.
THE GLOBAL RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS MARKET SIZE WAS USD 8 bILLION IN 2022 AND IS PROJECTED TO TOUCH USD 215 bILLION BY 2031, EXHIBITING A CAGR OF 44.0% DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. AS OF NOW, RENEWABLE NATURAL ENERGY IS CONSIDERED THE ONLY VIABLE SOLUTION tO REpLACE FOSSIL FUEL AT A LARGE SCALE
"Carbon negative" refers to a state where an entity or activity removes more carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere than it emits, effectively reducing the overall concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Achieving carbon negativity is crucial for combating climate change and reversing the trend of increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
Anaerobic digestion is carbon-negative due to its ability to capture methane emissions, sequester carbon in soil through digestate application, offset fossil fuel use with renewable biogas, and contribute to a closed carbon cycle within ecosystems.
CO2-equivalent (GtCO2e) emissions would be removed ANNUALLY if the entire world switched to zero day.
emissions per ton of food waste in landfill *
emissions per ton of food waste processed by Zero day
(In a digester, 1 ton of food waste can produce 180,000 to 450,000 liters of biogas. This biogas can offset 0.385 to 0.963 tons of CO2eq emissions when used to replace fossil fuels. In total, 1 ton of food waste processed with Zero Day can have a net negative 0.96 to 1.54 tons CO2eq.)
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