Interactive Dinner: High Tech Compost

At this interactive SVII dinner, we’ll look at new innovative new approaches for managing the organic waste stream.

Biogas (methane produced from decomposing biomass) has been utilized for some quite time. But industrial scale units have been slow to catch on.

Biochar has gained a groundswell of interest as a carbon sequestration mechanism. There are several benefits driving it’s emergence from the R&D lab towards commercialization, including; increasing the drought resistance of crops, protecting waterways (by reducing fertilizer/pesticide runoff), increasing the biodiversity of soil biota, and enhancing the fertility of certain soils.

Howard Sprouse, president of The Remediators, will guide an interactive exploration of the current state of biological conversion technologies. We’ll explore how biogas and biochar can integrate with organic waste management to produce greater efficiencies and value added products.

The success of Measure E means that the City of Palo Alto is currently considering to revamp its waste water treatment facility. It currently relies on a highly energy intensive incinerator. Anaerobic digestion is being proposed as the most appropriate technology. This is a great opportunity to compare notes.

Come on down for dinner and explore how high-tech compost has become!

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