The MillerCoors Trenton Brewery in Ohio has partnered with biotechnology company Nutrinsic to convert wastewater from the beer-making process into fish and animal feed, the Dayton Daily News reports.
Nutrinsic has built a processing plant — it’s first in the US — at MillerCoors’ water reclamation facility in Butler County.
Nutrinsic’s process, which will turn wastewater into single-cell proteins, will divert about 20,000 tons of wastewater a year. The proteins will eventually be sold to farmers and feed suppliers.
MillerCoors says its water reclamation center treats 1.8 million gallons per day of process wastewater, and returns the clean water to the environment.
The Trenton Brewery was the first MillerCoors facility to achieve landfill-free status.
