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Wasatch Resource Recovery is a RNG and bio-based fertilizer facility operated under a public-private partnership between ALPRO Energy & Water and the South Davis Sewer District. RNG is purified and converted into biomethane for home consumption.
Published May 11, 2021
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Updated June 25, 2021
Energy Transition
Industrial Decarbonization
H2 & Low Carbon Fuels
Low Carbon Fuels
Product Overview
Overview
Wasatch Resource Recovery is a facility under construction in Salt Lake City that turns organic waste into energy, more specifically, biogas. (Phase 1 of the construction is over, and Phase 2 is underway. The plant is operating already)
Wasatch Resource Recovery has created a program to receive organic, biodegradable waste from a wide range of candidates that includes grocery stores, food and beverage manufacturers, cafeterias, and restaurants among others. The business can divert packaged and unpackaged food waste (including prepared food, fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, and fats, oil, and grease). The facility will receive and process the food waste.
In the facility, special equipment is in charge of removing contaminants and then grind and liquefy the material to create a slurry suitable for anaerobic digestion. After the digestion, biogas and a biobased fertilizer are obtained.
Business Model
Wasatch offers a waste treatment as a service. Organizations can contact them through the webpage and get a quote on the waste disposal costs according to the amount of waste produced.
Technology Innovations
- Business or organizations can divert packaged and/or unpackaged food waste, including prepared food, fruit, vegetables, meat, and dairy, as well as fats, oils & grease (F.O.G.) and other liquids. Due to the fact that Wasatch Resource Recovery is not a waste hauler, they will work directly with your current hauler, or hauler of your choice, to divert your organic wastes to the digester.
- State-of-art equipment that can remove most contaminants including plastic bags
Applications
Wasatch Resource Recovery allows the use of organic waste and transforms it into energy and fertilizer. This organic waste can come from either restaurant, grocery store, hotel, caterer, brewery, food processing-manufacturing plant, cafeteria, hospital, school, university, seller or distributor of glass bottled / aluminum canned / plastic bottled beverages among others.