New Alternative Energy Partnership in Texas

The Partnership: UT- Arlington is partnering with North Central Texas Council of Governments

The alternative energy source: diverting food waste from landfills to anaerobic food digesters.

Funding for the partnership: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded NCTCOG $300,000 in funding to help reduce food waste.

The study will be entitled: North Central Texas Food Waste to Fuel Feasibility Study adn will consider eight existing wastewater treatment plants with digesters

The environmental/climate change angle: Methane, the biogas produced from the food waste, is a greenhouse gas. Capturing this gas has a positive environmental impact.

EurekAlert | UTA partners with NCTCOG to generate energy from food waste found in landfills