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These findings support the market Ecotone is going after.
Meanwhile, 91% of the local farmers they spoke with said they buy fertilizer based on price, the convenience of usage, and quality.
Because the majority of them do not currently have any of these options, 81% of them pay to dispose of organic waste in garbage cans and in landfills. According to Ecotone’s customer discovery, 87% of the community leaders and business owners they spoke with expressed a need for a cost-effective and long-term waste recycling solution, particularly for their food waste. Its rainwater collecting system can collect up to 30 gallons of rain each week and can be upgraded with different water capture systems.Įcotone has talked to a lot of potential clients, and the results are fascinating. A single Seahorse system has the power to produce $40K in annual revenue from organic fertilizer generation, all the while producing all of the 7,000 kWh of electricity needed to operate the system. The output of this digestor is their second product: their “signature” Soil Sauce. Unlike stomachs, their system captures smelly and energy-dense gasses, scrubs them to remove sulfur, and produces clean and odor-free renewable energy.Įcotone has engineered a self-sufficient solution at the epoch of sustainability claims, as it runs on a system that’s both resource and energy-independent. In other words, it’s a mechanical horse stomach that they call the SEAHORSE. To give a brief refresher on anaerobic digestion, it’s most comparable to a stomach - food and beverage residuals go in, and renewable energy in the form of methane gas and fertilizer comes out. Their objective is to empower sustainable communities, resulting in more conscious, sustainable, and affluent communities.Įcotone leverages anaerobic digestion along with a patent-pending separation technology. Each Seahorse system saves 120 tons of CO2e each year by reducing methane emissions from food waste, reducing transportation, and eliminating the usage of synthetic fertilizers.Įcotone’s success directly impacts the long-term viability of waste processing. The Seahorse is Ecotone’s solution to this challenge, as it sustainably processes food waste by recapturing nutrients that would otherwise be lost and reintroducing them back into the food system. Their process catches odorous and energy-dense gasses, scrubs them to eliminate sulfur, and generates odorless renewable energy (methane gas) and fertilizer. More precisely, Ecotone addresses the issues that their customers encounter, such as high fertilizer costs, high trash hauling fees, odor and pests, and costly waste transportation rates.Įcotone’s Seahorse anaerobic digestion technology fits within a shipping container. This self-contained device doesn’t require power or water, giving it unrestrained flexibility.ĭylan Lew, who has extensive experience in lean product development and manufacturing, is the CEO of Ecotone Renewables (Ecotone), a startup working to solve the problem of food waste. Their core product, an anaerobic digestor knighted the Seahorse, consumes all byproducts and produces no waste. Ecotone is the most environmentally friendly option for food waste processing and fertilizer production.