{"596388":{"#nid":"596388","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Winning!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EUrban RePeel, a team consisting of Jared McGrath and Ryan Ravanelle from the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and Nicole Sullivan from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEnvironmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, won the 2011 Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/i2s\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIdeas To SERVE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;competition. In addition, the team also picked up the People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award for the poster competition and runner-up in the overall People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award. Urban RePeel aims to collect food waste from densely populated urban areas, where food waste rates approach 50%, and transform it into high quality fertilizer with the help of red wriggler worms grown on an industrial scale.\u0026nbsp; The worms can eat their own weight in food waste every day, and excrete an organic fertilizer that is highly coveted by gardeners as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. This cyclical solution solves several problems at once.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAmerican municipalities pay $1 billion a year to haul food waste to rapidly filling landfills where it decomposes releasing greenhouse gases.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe substitution of synthetic fertilizers with an organic alternative prevents pollution of waterways from runoff and results in healthier and more productive plants.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOrganic fertilizers also reduce dependence on fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions because their production is energy intensive and uses natural gas as a feedstock.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EIdeas To SERVE (I2S) is an annual student competition where teams present ideas for products, ventures or services that simultaneously solve social and environmental problems as well as demonstrate that they can be financially self-sustaining.\u0026nbsp; The I2S competition is organized by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship at the Georgia Tech College of Management.\u0026nbsp; This year\u0026rsquo;s sponsors are:\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGray Ghost Ventures\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMaRC Sustainable Design \u0026amp; Manufacturing\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollege of Management\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETedd Munchak Chair in Entrepreneurship\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EAdditional Links:\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/i2s\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EI2S Competition Page\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Urban_RePeel_Poster_Fixed.pdf\u0022\u003EUrban RePeel Poster\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pJ8D4bVAVl0\u0022\u003EUrban RePeel Short Video\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=65146\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech News Item\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUrban RePeel, a team consisting of Jared McGrath and Ryan Ravanelle from the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and Nicole Sullivan from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEnvironmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, won the 2011 Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/i2s\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIdeas To SERVE\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;competition. In addition, the team also picked up the People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award for the poster competition and runner-up in the overall People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award. Urban RePeel aims to collect food waste from densely populated urban areas, where food waste rates approach 50%, and transform it into high quality fertilizer with the help of red wriggler worms grown on an industrial scale.\u0026nbsp; The worms can eat their own weight in food waste every day, and excrete an organic fertilizer that is highly coveted by gardeners as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. This cyclical solution solves several problems at once.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/596388\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead More...\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Urban RePeel, a team consisting of Jared McGrath and Ryan Ravanelle from the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and Nicole Sullivan from\u00a0Environmental Engineering, won the 2011 Georgia Tech\u00a0\u00a0Ideas To SERVE\u00a0competition."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2017-09-22 17:38:01","changed_gmt":"2017-09-22 20:01:57","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596392":{"id":"596392","type":"image","title":"Urban RePeel I2S Winners","body":null,"created":"1506109815","gmt_created":"2017-09-22 19:50:15","changed":"1506109815","gmt_changed":"2017-09-22 19:50:15","alt":"Picture of I2S 2011 winning team, Urban RePeel with award check.","file":{"fid":"227292","name":"Urban_RePeel_Pic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Urban_RePeel_Pic.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Urban_RePeel_Pic.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75998,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Urban_RePeel_Pic.jpg?itok=PMzwU4wk"}}},"media_ids":["596392"],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166871","name":"bbiss_big_ideas"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/i2s\/index.html\u0022\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/a\u003E, Communications Manager, BBISS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@sustainable.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}