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The use of 275,000 MMBtus of carbon negative biogas
from a typical AD facility can help to:

Make available Recycle 100,000 tons of
13,779 Acres of forest organic waste per year
Mitigate 12,793 tons Remove 2,240 that would have been that would have been
of CO2-eq from the passenger cars out of required thrown away, equiva-
atmosphere. the streets.
to absorb the same lent to food waste from
carbon emissions. 588,235 people.

Figure 6 - Environment Impact 21

Conclusion 8 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/360/6396/
eaas9793.full.pdf
An AD plant is a quite simple system (see figure 4), 9 Managing Energy in Fertilizer Production and Use (stanford.
with versatile outputs (see figure 5). edu)
Impressive impact on the environment (Figure 6) 10 Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) | American Gas Association
(aga.org)
End notes 11 The Carbon Cycle (nasa.gov)
12 What is a Carbon Sink? | Live Science
1 https://americanbiogascouncil.org/resources/what-is-ana- 13 AR5 Synthesis Report - Climate Change 2014 (ipcc.ch)
erobic-digestion 14 AR5 Synthesis Report - Climate Change 2014 (ipcc.ch)
2 Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Greenhouse Gas 15 Digestate-paper-final-08072015.pdf (europeanbiogas.eu)
(GHG) Emissions | US EPA 16 Global database of GHG emissions related to feed crops
3 Fact Sheet | Biogas: Converting Waste to Energy | White (fao.org)
Papers | EESI 17 Food: Material-Specific Data | Facts and Figures about Ma-
4 Alternative Fuels Data Center: Renewable Natural Gas Pro- terials, Waste and Recycling | US EPA
duction (energy.gov) 18 FWF_and_climate_change.pdf (fao.org)
5 Alternative Fuels Data Center: Renewable Natural Gas Pro- 19 Two Numbers: Animal Manure a Growing Headache in
duction (energy.gov) America (newsweek.com)
6 A Behind the Scenes Take on Lithium-ion Battery Prices | 20 Understanding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
BloombergNEF (bnef.com) and Their Impact on Communities (cdc.gov)
7 Battery Comparison of Energy Density - Cylindrical and Pri- 21 Relationship between food waste, diet quality, and
smatic Cells (epectec.com) environmental sustainability (plos.org)

Björn Blankespoor

Björn Blankespoor, Head of the International sales following a Team strategically located all over the
World.
He started as Sales Manager since 2010 and followed the International markets. In 2015, Björn was
appointed as Managing Director of the UK based branch in Garforth (Leeds), developing the market with
over 25M£ turnover.

Biogas e biometano: un esempio della spinta dell’economia
circolare all’ambiente e all’eliminazione dei gas serra

L’economia circolare è un modello basato sull’idea di un’economia in grado di rigenerarsi. Si utilizza il
termine circolare proprio per indicare la contrapposizione con il modello comune di economia (lineare) basato
su: produzione, utilizzo, rifiuto.
Nel caso dell’economia circolare, infatti, il concetto chiave è il recupero e il riutilizzo dei materiali e dei prodotti
già esistenti. Una volta arrivato alla fine del suo ciclo di vita, un prodotto può essere scomposto nelle sue parti e
reintrodotto nel ciclo economico, così da riutilizzarlo nel ciclo produttivo e generare valore.

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