Billions of gallons of FOG (fats, oils, grease) are discharged into sewers annually, causing large-scale problems such as pipe blockages that lead to sanitary sewer overflows. FOG is costly to manage, treat and dispose, and has a negative impact on the environment due to standard operating procedures such as landfilling and incineration.
REA’s technology diverts and captures FOG, converting this (brown grease) waste onsite -- in an automated and continuous-flow system -- into premium-grade biodiesel that municipalities can sell to local fuel distributors or utilize to fuel their fleets, which can reduce respective carbon emissions by 74%.
With our intellectual property, developed under the auspices of the University of Connecticut over the past 14 years, wastewater treatment plants can now eliminate the need and cost associated with FOG disposal, and contribute to emissions-reduction goals that have become central to public policy.
Our technology is scalable to address even the largest of municipal and industrial use cases.
Industry
Renewables & Environment, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers, Wholesale and Real Trade
HQ Location
36 River Street
New Haven, CT 06501, US
Keywords
wastewaterFOG managementFOG-To-Biodiesel productiobiodieselbiofuelsbrown greasewastewater treatmentrenewable fuelscarbon-emissions reductiogreenhouse gas mitigatio