Aerobic Biodigester

Hi Julie, We have a college dining hall/dormitory project being built in Chicago that is expecting to use the same BioHiTech, ECO-digester. I don't have more information about it other than the institution we are working with has used it previously in Chicago and with success, and wants to use it again. Somehow it meets the plumbing code, and it does eliminate a lot of trucking (fossil-fuels/pollution) and disposal. You might contact the company directly to answer your specific questions. Please post back with whatever you learn. I had posted a similar question in LEEDuser, though it was geared more towards how to achieve an "Innovation Credit" for using the equipment:  https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/aerobic-digester-leed-credit Harry

Dumping wastewater doesn’t seem like zero waste to me. We looked into a system a few months ago that uses the digestion process to create energy and fertilizer. https://www.buildinggreen.com/product-review/anaerobic-digesters-turning-food-waste-energy Paula Melton Editorial Director | BuildingGreen paula@buildinggreen.com (802) 257-7300 ext. 117 Connect with us: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

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I attended a mini conference last fall where a biodigester was installed in a university building. The unit was by BioHiTech. It was rather large and located in what looked like a fairly large storage closet. It was really stinky! Unfortunately, I didn’t get any details about how much food waste was processed by the unit. There was a bunch of signage taped to it about what it could and couldn’t digest….rather disappointing that those signs were still necessary. Just like much of today’s technology, I walked away feeling like the technology was only as good as the people managing it (if they even know how). And in this case, it didn’t seem like the right infrastructure (like dedicated exhaust) was put into place to make the use of the equipment successful. Lois From: Luk

We are putting one in one of our project, still under CD, with university who has the system in one of their main dining. Our system is more of plug in system, small scale. If you are interested, I can send you the cut.. let me know. This is the website.. www.waste2-0.com by Mechline.

Portland Community College at Rock Creek uses "The Rocket Composter" for post-consumer composting. Here's a great 3-1/2 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-6fo-39O8s  It's been in use for about 8 years. Last I heard it was still being successfully used but that was about 3 years ago. I could follow up to see what the current opinion is if you are interested. However, I don't think it is considered an aerobic composting process. This company carries The Rocket along with other composting technologies: http://www.foodwastexperts.com/rocket-composter.html