Venue: Squires Plaza, Blacksburg
Organizations: Sustainable Blacksburg
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
As part of Blacksburg Sustainability Week 2018, Sustainable Blacksburg presents a Mobile Biodigester Demonstration at the Squires Student Center Plaza on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Who doesn’t love a win-win-win? Come see for yourself how microorganisms can reclaim the useful energy in food waste, help to divert organic material from our local landfills, while also creating a high nitrogen and phosphorus waste product that can fertilize future crop production!
Created by mechanical engineering students at Virginia Tech under the direction of Dr. Steven Cox, the entire food-to-energy conversion process happen right on the mobile biodigester trailer and can create enough energy to power an entire home!
The event is family friendly.
Blacksburg Sustainability Week, a collaboration between Sustainable Blacksburg, the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech is celebrating its 12th year in 2018.
For more information on Blacksburg Sustainability Week, visit: http://sustainableblacksburgva.org/sustainability-week-2018/ or https://www.facebook.com/SustainableBlacksburg.
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