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 and opportunity.
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.
Legacy Biomass collects your food scraps to generate electricity and heat. You get instant incentives like grocery savings. 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.
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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