<p>Would you believe someone saying they are buying poop — and that too from almost every dirty corner of the planet? Well, it’s actually true. Tech giant Microsoft is buying tons and tons of human waste in a bid to shrink its carbon footprint.</p><p>In one of its recent approach towards sustainability, Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase 4.9 million metric tonnes of organic waste, including sewage sludge, over the next 12 years. </p><p>The spend? Huge. Noting each ton costs $350, the company would spend around $1.7 billion to meet its green goals in this project.</p><p>Microsoft has partnered with Houston-based startup Vaulted Deep which specialises in collecting contaminated bioslurry and injecting it 5,000 feet beneath the Earth’s surface.</p><p>Julia Reichelstein, co-founder and chief executive of Vaulted Deep, was quoted in a report by the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-wants-your-poop-to-lower-its-emissions-0d83cdb8">Wall Street Journal</a>, as saying, "We’re taking different types of organic waste... It’s sludgy, often contaminated organic waste that today causes problems above ground, and instead we take the waste and put it really deep underground for permanent carbon removal.”</p><p>The waste will not be recycled or treated. Instead, it will be sealed deep underground.</p>.Empowering India’s Green Energy Goals Through Innovation and Trust.<p>This method is described to trap carbon emissions underground, preventing it from releasing harmful components like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.</p><p>Set to begin in 2026, the long-term carbon mission could be one of the largest carbon removal deals ever made. </p><p>Earlier, according to Microsoft's annual Environmental Sustainability Report, Microsoft revealed its commitment to becoming carbon negative by 2030. By 2050, it also aims to remove more greenhouse gases from the environment than it has emitted since its founding in 1975.</p>
<p>Would you believe someone saying they are buying poop — and that too from almost every dirty corner of the planet? Well, it’s actually true. Tech giant Microsoft is buying tons and tons of human waste in a bid to shrink its carbon footprint.</p><p>In one of its recent approach towards sustainability, Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase 4.9 million metric tonnes of organic waste, including sewage sludge, over the next 12 years. </p><p>The spend? Huge. Noting each ton costs $350, the company would spend around $1.7 billion to meet its green goals in this project.</p><p>Microsoft has partnered with Houston-based startup Vaulted Deep which specialises in collecting contaminated bioslurry and injecting it 5,000 feet beneath the Earth’s surface.</p><p>Julia Reichelstein, co-founder and chief executive of Vaulted Deep, was quoted in a report by the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-wants-your-poop-to-lower-its-emissions-0d83cdb8">Wall Street Journal</a>, as saying, "We’re taking different types of organic waste... It’s sludgy, often contaminated organic waste that today causes problems above ground, and instead we take the waste and put it really deep underground for permanent carbon removal.”</p><p>The waste will not be recycled or treated. Instead, it will be sealed deep underground.</p>.Empowering India’s Green Energy Goals Through Innovation and Trust.<p>This method is described to trap carbon emissions underground, preventing it from releasing harmful components like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.</p><p>Set to begin in 2026, the long-term carbon mission could be one of the largest carbon removal deals ever made. </p><p>Earlier, according to Microsoft's annual Environmental Sustainability Report, Microsoft revealed its commitment to becoming carbon negative by 2030. By 2050, it also aims to remove more greenhouse gases from the environment than it has emitted since its founding in 1975.</p>
