Fwd: [compost_gov] Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool (CoEAT) Released

[Gary Feinland]

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Gary Feinland
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Solid Waste, Reduction and Recycling

625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-7253
518-402-8705
www.nyrecycles.org

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and fats, oils, and grease (FOG)
co-digestion at wastewater treatment plants for the purpose of biogas
production. This tool is FREE to use and allows users to enter
community-specific information to calculate the economic, environmental,
and operational viability for a food waste co-digestion system
including:
   Fixed and Recurring Costs
   Solid Waste Diversion Savings
   Capital Investments
   Biogas Production and Associated Energy Value

The tool can be found at http://bit.ly/9zKCqs

CoEAT is designed for decision-makers with significant technical
expertise in wastewater treatment and/or solid waste management,
including municipal managers, engineers, and wastewater treatment plant
managers.

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Did You Know?
    By diverting organic materials, communities can reduce the methane
    emissions associated with landfills, the second largest
    anthropogenic source of methane in the United States.
     By diverting organic materials from landfills, waste can become a
    renewable resource, like energy, a soil amendment, or both!
    Food waste accounts for 18% of waste currently reaching landfills in
    the United States.
    Food waste has three times the methane production potential of
    biosolids.
    In California alone there are almost 140 wastewater treatment
    facilities that utilize anaerobic digesters, with an estimated
    excess capacity of 15-30%
    If 50% of the food waste generated each year in the U.S. was
    anaerobically digested, enough electricity would be generated to
    power over 2.5 million homes for a year.
Laura Moreno
U. S. EPA, Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street (WST-7)
San Francisco, CA 94105
415.947.4240
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