{"id":241623,"date":"2025-09-18T07:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=241623"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:59:17","slug":"pepsico-in-dr-installs-innovative-biodigester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/pepsico-in-dr-installs-innovative-biodigester\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepsico in DR installs innovative biodigester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pepsico-biogestor-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241659\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pepsico-biogestor-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pepsico-biogestor-Diario-Libre-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pepsico-biogestor-Diario-Libre-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Pepsico-biogestor-Diario-Libre.png 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pepsico announced it has made a RD$498 million investment in a biodigester to offer a sustainable way to manage waste, generate renewable energy and create organic fertilizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biodigester uses microorganisms to break down organic waste and produces valuable outputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plant treats plantain peels from its Frito Lay production and reports savings of 20% on its power bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PepsiCo\u2019s Santo Domingo facility encompasses the Raptor plant plant and a Global Water &amp; Energy ANAMIX\u2122 tank installation and sophisticated electromechanical systems. The wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is designed to handle organic waste, producing 5,490 Nm\u00b3 of biogas daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This biogas project encompasses a purification system with advanced SULFURIX\u2122 H2S scrubber, GASODRIX\u2122 dryer, and activated carbon filters, to produce electricity in the combined heat and power unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frito-Lay Dominicana produces NatuChips, a line of plantain chips made with 100% Dominican plantains, for export to the United States and for the domestic market. They also produce other popular snacks and beverages like Pepsi under the Frito-Lay Dominicana brand for the local market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/economia\/energia\/2025\/09\/16\/pepsico-invierte-rd498-mm-en-biodigestor-en-republica-dominicana\/3247462\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2vbiwx8q894\">Pepsico \u2013 Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwe.com\/en\/news\/project-update-pepsico-plant\">Global Water &amp; Energy <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18 September 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pepsico announced it has made a RD$498 million investment in a biodigester to offer a sustainable way to manage waste, generate renewable energy and create organic fertilizer. The biodigester uses microorganisms to break down organic waste and produces valuable outputs. The plant treats plantain peels from its Frito Lay production and reports savings of 20% &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/09\/18\/pepsico-in-dr-installs-innovative-biodigester\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241661,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241623\/revisions\/241661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}