Case Study: Emerson Electric reduces food waste costs with AT&T Business IoT

Innovative IoT solution helps Emerson Grind2Energy turn food scraps into fuel

Emerson Electric developed Grind2Energy™, a food waste recycling initiative for large generators such as supermarkets, hospitals, hotels and arenas that needed a better way to handle food scraps. The company wanted to help customers get more value from their waste recycling efforts while reducing landfill use, lowering disposal costs, and improving visibility into waste volumes and system performance.

AT&T Business provided an Internet of Things (IoT) solution using remote sensors, global SIMs, M2X, and Flow Designer to monitor slurry tank levels, equipment conditions, and site data in near real time. The solution helped Emerson Electric optimize pump-out schedules, reduce wasted truck trips and fuel costs, predict maintenance needs, and improve uptime, while also giving customers usage and sustainability reports that showed diverted tonnage, energy, fertilizer, and equivalent car miles removed from the road.

Emerson Electric

Doug Brokaw

Director of Sales