ABC’s of AD: Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and

Organic Waste Co-Digestion

Recycle Florida Today, Inc. (RFT) recently hosted a webinar titled, ABC’s of AD: Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and Organic Waste Co-Digestion. The goal of the webinar was to foster networking and information-sharing, relative to the advancement, understanding and utilization of Anaerobic Digestion.  RFT believes AD is a vital tool for managing components of the organic waste stream in the State of Florida.

AD is used to treat organic materials such as food waste, municipal wastewater biosolids, animal manures and various other organics to fuel renewable energy and produce multiple, beneficial, soil amendment byproducts.

Organics co-digestion is an option for effective management of multiple waste products, which requires coordination across multiple stakeholder groups. This webinar features educational presentations from industry experts on the basics of organic waste co-digestion, recent research, utilization of biogas and soil amendments. Also included, is information on how FDEP is changing its regulatory structure to encourage anaerobic digestion projects statewide and how EPA is helping expand anaerobic digester capacity and reducing food waste. Continuing education units for PE licenses will be available to participants.

Specifically, we discuss the basic concepts and mechanics of anaerobic digestion including the following, fascinating topics:

Webinar Proceedings:
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• Welcome remarks and introduction of Recycle Florida Today, Inc.
  • Chris Snow, Co-Chair of Recycle Florida Today, Inc. Organics Recycling Committee and Consolidated Resource Recovery (CRR)
• Anaerobic Digestion and Co-Digestion; How it Works
  • John Banks, Energy Systems Group
• Recent Research on Co-Digestion of Organic Waste
  • Dan Meeroff Ph.D., Director of Laboratories for Engineered Environmental Solutions, Florida Atlantic University Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatics Engineering
• Utilization of AD Fuel Products and Contracting Process
  • Bill Blake, TECO Energy
• AD Digestate Composting
  • David Hill, Co-Chair of Recycle Florida Today, Inc. Organics Recycling Committee and CycleLogic
• FDEP Involvement and 62-709 Changes
  • Lauren O’Connor, FDEP – Division of Waste Management
  • David Read, FDEP – Air Division
• Update from EPA both Nationally and Locally; How EPA is helping expand anaerobic digester capacity and reducing food waste.
  • Kim Charick, USEPA Region IV

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