A new renewable energy facility in Chicago’s Southland will convert organic waste into valuable products, creating new jobs and new opportunities along the way.
The Chicago area is home to more than 4,500 food and beverage producers that generate vast amounts of organic waste. Using a biorefinery process developed from proven technology used around the world, Sustainable BioWorks will recover the valuable energy trapped inside this waste, transforming it into renewable natural gas, captured carbon dioxide and green agricultural products.
Sustainable BioWorks is a new type of green company that focuses on environmental sustainability and the circular economy. Our facility, currently under design and construction, is an anaerobic digester complex that will take in thousands of tons of food waste every day.
When our new Southland plant opens, it will:
TRANSFORM MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF ORGANIC WASTE
into renewable natural gas,
biogenic CO₂ and green
agricultural products with a
net positive impact on our
environment
RECOVER & REUSE
the organic waste in a safe,
environmentally sustainable
way to protect our air, water
and land
RUN CLEAN & GREEN
with a closed system to
prevent odors or harmful
emissions that could impact
our neighbors and the
community
ADD 135 + FULL-TIME JOBS
to the Southland economy
