Getting to Carbon-Negative

Waste from farms and food manufacturers typically fills storage lagoons where bacteria consume it, releasing methane directly into the atmosphere. Methane (CH₄) has significantly greater warming impact than carbon dioxide (C0₂) – by a factor of 30:1.

We take the same waste and process it in our plants, diverting it from landfills. Methane is captured for use as renewable natural gas, which, when burned, transforms, and releases carbon dioxide as a bi-product. The methane never reaches the atmosphere. Warming impact is reduced to a fraction. Federal and state regulators calculate this dramatic impact reduction as a net-negative carbon impact.

Moreover, the renewable natural gas we produce replaces fossil fuels (gasoline, diesel and fossil natural gas) in the market. When burned, these fuels release carbon once sequestered in the earth. By replacing them with renewable natural gas from food and farm waste, we leave sequestered carbon where it lies.