We don’t have to wait for big, top-down fixes.
This is what’s possible when change starts at the neighborhood level.
Progress with Purpose
Legacy Biomass
What We Do
We're committed to turning everyday waste into energy.
Communities lose value every day by sending organic waste to landfills. Composting is inconvenient, costly, and inconsistently supported by local infrastructure, especially in cities like Chicago. Consumers have no real incentive to separate food waste, and biomass conversion remains out of reach for most urban areas.
Waste Management is broken. Energy and emissions go untapped. People want to help, but can’t see how.
Drop. Digest. Power.
Legacy Biomass collects your food scraps to generate renewable power. You get instant rewards for doing good. The result: reduced municipal waste costs, local energy resilience, and a neighborhood-scale circular system.
Why is biomass better?
Biomass energy is the perfect mix of traditional and renewable energy sources. Biomass facilities require less land use, less startup and operating costs. Unlike other sources, Biomass energy can be operational in a shorter period of time with usable byproducts: heat for onsite greenhouses and high-quality liquid fertilizer.
The community wants better ways to reduce food waste and keep it out of landfills.
People see the problems in current systems. When we heard from 100+ people about their current food waste habits and solutions, they were passionate about preventing food waste. In fact, most people had already tried to make changes.
Community Voices:
- - “I look at this giant curbside bin that I almost never fill. There has to be a better way.” - -
- - "I am a former elementary school teacher and 'food waste' immediately makes me think of the COPIOUS amounts of food wasted at schools." - -
- - "I am very worried about the environment." - -
- - "Thank you for working on this important issue" - -
- - "There have been many changes locally...that have caused us to cut back until we figure out a new system that works for us." - -
- - "We have a busy lifestyle and need to have a compost solution that is easy and convenient" - -
Community Voices: - - “I look at this giant curbside bin that I almost never fill. There has to be a better way.” - - - - "I am a former elementary school teacher and 'food waste' immediately makes me think of the COPIOUS amounts of food wasted at schools." - - - - "I am very worried about the environment." - - - - "Thank you for working on this important issue" - - - - "There have been many changes locally...that have caused us to cut back until we figure out a new system that works for us." - - - - "We have a busy lifestyle and need to have a compost solution that is easy and convenient" - -
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Read more about what’s happening with Legacy Biomass as we develop the business model and early prototypes of our Smart Drop Kiosks. 🦋 Legacy Biomass on Notion