Chicago Campus That Composts and Creates Energy Aims to Redefine Waste Management
At a once-vacant brownfield on the South Side of Chicago, a semitruck backed into an unassuming warehouse and unloaded a colorful batch of food scraps and spoiled products. The discards soon ended up in a massive tank that mimics a cow's digestion—minus the release of gassy byproducts—where they were turned into compost and renewable energy.