How Waste-to-Energy Can Restore Our Earth

Treating wastewater with anaerobic digestion converts organic pollution into a valuable asset

Since 1970, Earth Day has been held each year on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. This year’s theme is Restore Our Earth, which focuses on “natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystem.”

At Fluence, we’re celebrating Earth Day by raising awareness of a wastewater treatment solution crucial to restoring our earth: anaerobic digestion (AD), a waste-to-energy process that turns harmful organic pollution into valuable, carbon-neutral energy.

Do you know how much energy is contained in wastewater? Up to five times the amount of energy that’s typically used to treat it before returning it to the environment!

Fluence waste-to-energy solutions alone produce 147 GWh of clean energy a year, offsetting the equivalent of 103,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide.