WE&RF Awards Research Contract To Develop Alternative Sustainable Business Cases For Co-Digestion

The Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF) recently awarded a contract to the Environmental Law Institute to begin Food Waste Co-Digestion at Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities: Business Case Analysis (ENER19C17). The project goal is to develop alternative sustainable business cases for wastewater resource recovery facilities to co-digest food waste, including fats, oil, and grease (FOG), food manufacturing residuals, and source separated organics. The research team will use the “innovation ecosystem” framework to manage risks as clean water utilities deal with increasingly valuable resources.