Microorganisms Turn Food Scraps into Water in a Green and Sustainable Process

So here is a very interesting and creative idea for turning your waste food, for those of you who don’t compost that is, into water. A company here in Pompton Plains NJ, Food 2 Water http://food2water.com/ is making a green tech machine that does just that. With this revolutionary new technology it is possible to liquefy food scraps.

The idea is sound and the water that is discharged as city compliant water and suitable for drainage into the local water systems. It occurs to me and I am sure to them that as well, that this could be a boon for the arid nations of the world where the resulting water could be used for all manner of irrigation, and sanitation chores.

The descriptions of how it works are a little bit sketchy. But apparently it is an organic process involving microorganisms that break down the food scraps into gray water. This done with “no by-products and stench free” also in under 24 hours.

And why, you ask? Well it would of course cut down on landfill waste, remove a common attraction for pests, as well as reducing truck traffic. But more than that the claim is “if run at full capacity for one year, one unit will reduce emissions of 443,000 pounds of CO2 and 55 MTCE of greenhouse gases.  This is equivalent to taking 40 cars off the road, saving 1,200 pounds of diesel fuel and planting 100 trees.”

With sustainability as its goal, this green tech offers much promise. It seemed fitting for an entry here because it’s a highly creative approach to curing ills that plague us as designers, creators and as people.