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How to turn leftovers into electricity

A startup company in Seattle is converting half-eaten burgers, spoiled milk, and spent yeast from a brewery into electricity and fertilizer. Katie Herzog visits​ Jan Allen, from Impact Bioenergy, to find out how a shipping-container-sized digester converts leftovers into energy.

How to turn leftovers into electricity

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A startup company in Seattle is converting half-eaten burgers, spoiled milk, and spent yeast from a brewery into electricity and fertilizer. Katie Herzog visits​ Jan Allen, from Impact Bioenergy, to find out how a shipping-container-sized digester converts leftovers into energy.

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