School District Partners to Convert Food Waste into Renewable Energy
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Updated Oct 5
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What happened
River Falls School District partnered with Vanguard Renewables and Peterson Dairy Farm to convert food waste into renewable energy through anaerobic digestion. The program involves students from Montessori Elementary, Meyer Middle School, and River Falls High School disposing of waste into designated receptacles. Vanguard Renewables delivers the waste to Peterson Dairy Farm, where it is combined with manure and converted into natural gas.
Why it matters
The partnership utilizes food waste to generate natural gas, which Vanguard Renewables stated can power 53,000 homes and businesses annually. This initiative establishes River Falls School District as the first public school district in the state to implement such a program.