WASTE RECOVERY, CONVERSION, AND UTILIZATION

摘要

Food waste streams may be managed efficiently with a waste-processing facility, which in some embodiments may be co-locating a food distribution facility. The waste processing facility includes a pulper fluidly connected to an input configured to receive a heterogeneous waste stream including biodegradable and non-biodegradable components, the pulper configured to mechanically de-fiber the biodegradable component and form a de-fibered biodegradable material, and an anaerobic membrane bioreactor fluidly connected downstream of the pulper and configured to produce biogas and anaerobic effluent from the de-fibered biodegradable material.

主权项

1. A method of processing a waste stream comprising:
transporting a heterogeneous waste stream including biodegradable waste and non-biodegradable waste from a food retailing facility to a waste processing system remotely located from the food retailing facility utilizing a shared transportation infrastructure; receiving the heterogeneous waste stream including biodegradable waste and non-biodegradable waste at the waste processing system; delivering food products from a food distribution facility co-located with the waste processing facility to the food retailing facility utilizing the shared transportation infrastructure; separating the biodegradable waste from the non-biodegradable waste; and anaerobically digesting the biodegradable waste in an anaerobic digester in the waste processing system to produce biogas.