Convert Food Waste To BioPlastics

Bioplastics From Food WasteModesto Chamber of CommerceFebruary 20, 2014Back2Earth Technologies

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Bioplastics Made From Diluted Food Waste

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3BioPlastics Start WithDigested Food Waste

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440% to BioPlastics

Intercept Digested WasteAtHydrolysis StageBack2Earth Technologies, LLC5A Specific Bio-basedPlasticPHA (Poly Hydroxy Alkanoate)

What products are made from PHA-type resins?Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

6Bio PlasticsFrom Food Waste

PalletsPHA FilmsCompostableContainersBack2Earth Technologies, LLC7PHA Superior PerformanceCompostable Bio-Plastics

Plantable Nursery PotsNatural Fiber ThermoplasticCompositesBack2Earth Technologies, LLC8

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Old Style Polypropylene

New PHA Plantable Pot

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Containers

ForksStraps10Interior Trim from PHA ResinBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

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Set to RevolutionizePlastics IndustryBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

CompostableBioPlastic Trash Bags

Environmental Engineering Makes This Possible12 Surgical Sutures That DissolveIn The BodyBack2Earth Technologies, LLC13

Medical Applications: PHABack2Earth Technologies, LLC14

PHA Degradation (Air Environment)Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

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Digester TanksBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

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Process FlowBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

Zero WasteMethaneDigesterPHAResinBio-Resin ReactorsDilutedFoodAnaerobic Digesters(Acid Phase)VFAsPHA MicrobesRecycled Water

Recycled Water17Feast Famine Cycle..use of micro-organisms and a patented methodologyMany bacteria introducedEverything growsNon-PHA producers die / do not reproduce

Back2Earth Technologies, LLC18Lab at Peaches ProcessorBack2Earth Technologies, LLC19

Bench Scale PHA Production TanksBack2Earth Technologies, LLC20

The Key: Fatty Acids & MicrobesBack2Earth Technologies, LLCMicrobes act as Energy Storage Molecules

Microbes Feast on Volatile Fatty AcidsFatty Acids a Result of DigestionMicrobes

21PHA Resin In Energy Storage MoleculesBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

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PHA Production Tanks(Siemens Design)

Microbes gatherPHA Resin in Cells

Sequence Batch Reactors23Back2Earth Technologies, LLCLightning Not IncludedIn PriceWhich Food Waste Inputs are Acceptable?

DigesterCOMPOST&WATER

BIO-PLASTIC RESINSBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

FATS, OILS, GREASE (FOG)(FAST-FOOD OUTLETS)

TOMATO WASTE

FRUIT WASTE

OLIVE OIL PROCESSING

RENDERING WASTE

CITRUS RINDS

SLAUGHTER HOUSE WASTE2424What About Reclaiming Water ?Back2Earth Technologies, LLC

BioFiltroBIDA System25

Water Reclaimed(Food Processor Case Study)Daily Water Use: 600,000 galFood Processing (400,000)Equip Washdown (200,000)

Annual Reclaimed Water400,000 x 360 = 144,000,000 galWhat about the other 200,000 gal per day?

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26SummaryBack2Earth Technologies, LLC

Water, Plastic & Food Waste Are Intertwined

Food Processors Are Part of The Solution

Convert Waste to Bioplastics

Reclaim Water at End of Process

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