What is Anaerobic digestion?
'''Anaerobic digestion''' is the way [[microorganism]]s break down [[organic matter]] without [[oxygen]].<ref>[http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/anaerobic_digestion.pdf Friends of the Earth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128142617/http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/anaerobic_digestion.pdf |date=2017-11-28 }} FOE (2004 Anaerobic digestion Briefing of the breakdown of organic matter by [[anaerobic organism]]s in environments lacking [[oxygen]]</ref><ref>[http://www.wasteresearch.co.uk/ade/efw/anaerobic.htm Anaerobic Digestion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828124113/http://www.wasteresearch.co.uk/ade/efw/anaerobic.htm |date=2008-08-28 }} Cardiff University Anaerobic Digestion Page</ref> This process happens naturally, but it is called anaerobic digestion when it is [[:wikt:support|supported]] and [[:wikt:contain|contained]]. An '''anaerobic digester''' is an industrial system that supports this process. [[Biodegradation]] to treat [[waste]] is one of the main purposes. Generating [[biogas]] to provide [[fuel]] is another. It also produces soil improving material.<ref>[http://www.remade.org.uk/Organics/anaerobicdigestion.htm Anaerobic Digestion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311011511/http://www.remade.org.uk/Organics/anaerobicdigestion.htm |date=2007-03-11 }} Remade Scotland Anaerobic Digestion Page</ref> == References == <references/> == Other websites == *[http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/digestion_listserv.repp.org/ Digestion archives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403141556/http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/digestion_listserv.repp.org/ |date=2007-04-03 }} *[http://www.adnett.org European Anaerobic Digestion Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520113952/http://www.adnett.org/ |date=2018-05-20 }} *[http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com Independent Anaerobic Digestion Website] *[http://www.ogin.nl/ Thermophilic Anaerobic Digesters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728000427/http:/