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Bioplastics From Food Waste

Bioplastics From Food Waste. Modesto Chamber of Commerce February 20, 2014 Back2Earth Technologies. So, what’s the problem?. Bioplastics Made From Diluted Food Waste. BioPlastics Start With Digested Food Waste. North State Rendering Chico, CA . 40% to BioPlastics.

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Bioplastics From Food Waste

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  1. BioplasticsFrom Food Waste Modesto Chamber of Commerce February 20, 2014 Back2Earth Technologies Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  2. So, what’s the problem? Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  3. Bioplastics Made From Diluted Food Waste Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  4. BioPlastics Start WithDigested Food Waste North State Rendering Chico, CA Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  5. 40% to BioPlastics Intercept Digested Waste At Hydrolysis Stage Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  6. A Specific Bio-basedPlastic • PHA (Poly HydroxyAlkanoate) • What products are made from PHA-type resins? Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  7. Bio PlasticsFrom Food Waste Pallets Compostable Containers PHA Films Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  8. PHA Superior PerformanceCompostable Bio-Plastics Plantable Nursery Pots Natural Fiber Thermoplastic Composites Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  9. Old Style Polypropylene New PHA Plantable Pot 864 × 518 - pubs.rsc.org Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  10. Applications Containers Forks Straps Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  11. Interior Trim from PHA Resin Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  12. Set to RevolutionizePlastics Industry Compostable BioPlastic TrashBags Environmental Engineering Makes This Possible Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  13. Surgical Sutures That DissolveIn The Body Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  14. Medical Applications: PHA Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  15. PHA Degradation (Air Environment) Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  16. Digester Tanks Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  17. Zero Waste Process Flow Methane Digester Bio-Resin Reactors Recycled Water PHA Resin VFA’s Diluted Food PHA Microbes Anaerobic Digesters (Acid Phase) Recycled Water Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  18. Feast Famine Cycle..use of micro-organisms and a patented methodology Many bacteria introduced Non-PHA producers die / do not reproduce Everything grows Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  19. Lab at Peaches Processor Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  20. Bench Scale PHA Production Tanks Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  21. The Key: Fatty Acids & Microbes Microbes act as Energy Storage Molecules Microbes Microbes Feast on Volatile Fatty Acids Fatty Acids a Result of Digestion Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  22. PHA Resin In Energy Storage Molecules Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  23. PHA Production Tanks(Siemens Design) Lightning Not Included In Price Microbes gather PHA Resin in Cells Sequence Batch Reactors Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  24. Which Food Waste Inputs are Acceptable? Digester FATS, OILS, GREASE (FOG) (FAST-FOOD OUTLETS) TOMATO WASTE FRUIT WASTE OLIVE OIL PROCESSING RENDERING WASTE CITRUS RINDS SLAUGHTER HOUSE WASTE BIO-PLASTIC RESINS COMPOST & WATER Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  25. What About Reclaiming Water ? BioFiltro BIDA System Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  26. Water Reclaimed(Food Processor Case Study) • Daily Water Use: 600,000 gal • Food Processing (400,000) • Equip Washdown (200,000) • Annual Reclaimed Water • 400,000 x 360 = 144,000,000 gal • What about the other 200,000 gal per day? Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

  27. Summary • Water, Plastic & Food Waste Are Intertwined • Food Processors Are Part of The Solution • Convert Waste to Bioplastics • Reclaim Water at End of Process Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

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