Got too much tofu?

 

If you make tofu, apparently there are leftovers. (Sometimes when you eat it, too.) This place in Washington that makes tofu found a good way to use the leftovers, rather than just dumping them. The leftovers consist of soybean pulp and tofu whey. 

Tofu manufacturer turns waste into energy with a biodigester

"The company [see below] is partnering with the Seattle-based energy company Chomp, which installed what’s called an anaerobic biodigester behind the factory.

Lukoskie: “Imagine it’s like a compost bin, but it’s enclosed.”

Any type of food waste – in this case, damp soybean pulp and leftover liquid called whey – can be put inside the biodigester’s large sealed tank, where bacteria break it down in an oxygen-free environment.

The process creates fertilizer that can be sold to farmers, as well as renewable biogas that can be used for energy in place of natural gas – a fossil fuel."

Since this company is doing such a good thing, I'm featuring them here.

Island Spring Organics

Have some!