The Problem
Before the industrial revolution, the level of CO₂ in the atmosphere was 280 parts per million (ppm). Currently, the level is 413. According to scientists, the critical figure should not exceed 430. However – the level will hit 430 ppm already in a few years! We really need to cut emissions. But cutting emissions won’t be enough. In order to reach the Paris Agreement target, we must also remove existing CO₂ from the atmosphere.
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How do we do that?
Food waste, sewage sludge, and other organic waste streams are very well suited for treatment by anaerobic digestion. This is a technical term for breaking down the waste in a low-oxygen environment where it generates a mixture of biogenic methane and CO₂. The methane has the same chemical properties as that found in natural gas, but is not a fossil fuel. This is great source of renewable energy that we can use to displace fossil fuels, but the CO₂ component needs to get stripped away first. The process of removing the CO₂ from the biomethane is called upgrading and results in 2,000-30,000 tonnes of high-purity biogenic CO₂ getting emitted annually from each plant.
Inherit works with these biogas plants to remove this CO₂ from the atmosphere by redirecting it to safe, geological storage.
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