Zero Hunger Hero: Shrinking landfills by turning trash into natural gas
Utah is now home to breakthrough technology in reducing greenhouse gases.
Wasatch Resource Recovery, a partnership between ALPRO Energy & Water and the South Davis Sewer District., is capturing those gases and helping us heat our homes with what we throw in the trash.
We visited the South Davis Sewer District in North Salt Lake, wondering what are those big dome things dotted around the property?
Morgan Bowerman, whorecruits food producers to donate to Wasatch Resource Recovery, said, similar to human stomachs, the tanks are anaerobic digestors, busy turning our waste into a hot commodity – clean energy. Inside the big tanks, the environment is optimal to host microscopic organisms that digest waste and put off methane, a potent natural gas.