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Scraps from Oakland’s Oliveto and Scott’s Seafood, as well as other Bay Area restaurants, will be turned into clean, renewable energy at the UC Davis Biogas Energy Project on the UC Davis campus, officials said. The university is having startup ceremonies for the waste-to-energy plant today.

Eight tons of leftovers weekly (and later, as much as eight tons daily) will be processed at the facility, officials said. The leftovers will come from restaurants including San Francisco’s Slanted Door, Jardiniere, Scoma’s, Boulevard and Zuni Cafe, and Oakland’s Oliveto and Scott’s Seafood. Each ton of broccoli spears, cantaloupe rinds and fish bones should produce enough energy on average to power and heat 10 California homes per day, according to officials. The natural gas produced could also be used to power cars and trucks.

To be technical about it, the plant will test and bring to market an advanced anaerobic digestion technology that focuses on organic waste recovery and conversion for the production of biogas fuels and bio-based products. Got that?