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______________________________________________________________________________________________ Synthica
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Cincinnati, broke ground in the summer of 2023, and became operational in May of 2025. After an investment round in August of 2023, we have been expanding the company’ s portfolio with additional plants in underserved markets- all with an eye towards urban friendly sustainable digestion.”
The primary service delivered by Synthica is the sustainable disposal of waste streams for food and beverage manufacturers. The company utilizes anaerobic digestion as the primary technology to do this.
Mark Weidman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman, details how the process works:“ In order to manage and direct the biological process, which breaks down organic materials into biogas and digestate, we use sealed vessels at controlled temperatures and place them in a zerooxygen environment. This environment creates the conditions for anaerobic digestion, which produces the necessary biogas. It is then refined into Renewable Natural Gas, or RNG, for injection into gas utility grids.” In this way, not only does the company
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