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Anaerobic digestion for waste management and energy generation in the Pacific Northwest
Washington State University Extension fact sheet, 390E, Washington State University Extension
12/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007118
Abstract
Anaerobic digestion is a sustainable waste management process that breaks down organic matter and generates renewable energy and a nutrient rich substrate called digestate. While composting is a well-known method for managing organic wastes such as food scraps, yard wastes, and agricultural materials, anaerobic digestion may be more appropriate in some cases given either the feedstock composition or desired outputs. Anaerobic digestion’s ability to generate renewable energy that can reduce the climate-intensity of our current energy mix is an increasingly important benefit that may support more widespread adoption of the technology. As part of a US Environmental Protection Agency-funded study, the WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources interviewed a variety of stakeholders in the organic waste management space within Washington. This publication covers some of the more commonly asked questions we encountered about anaerobic digestion. For those who would like more technical information, see the publication Anaerobic Digestion Effluents and Processes: The Basics (Mitchell et al. 2015).
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- Title
- Anaerobic digestion for waste management and energy generation in the Pacific Northwest
- Creators
- Aaron M Whittemore (Author) - Washington State University, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource SciencesEmbrey Bronstad (Author)Georgine Grace Yorgey (Author) - Washington State University, WSU Extension ANR
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- Washington State University Extension fact sheet; 390E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Number of pages
- 8
- Identifiers
- 99901179232901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report