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Air Purifier Technology
Helps Prevent Global
Food Waste
To conduct the Advanced
Scientific
Economic
Astroculture (ADVASC) investigations aboard
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the International Space Station, engineers
needed to solve the challenge of removing
ethelyne from the air. Airocide, an air purifier
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ECONOMIC
derived from ADVASC ethylene scrubbing
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technology, led to the direct investment of
$25 million toward the development of
production capacity of 60,000 to 100,000
residential units in the United States per year
(est. retail value $36 - $90 million per yr).
Airocide technology is used across a
spectrum of commercial applications,
including more than 100 Napa Valley
vineyards, hospitals, commercial markets
such as Whole Foods, and food
manufacturers such as Kraft Foods and
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the Coca-Cola Company. With more than Innovative Global Economic
and Disaster
Health
320 million tons of fruits and vegetables Technology Education Development
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wasted each year, technologies such as of Space
Airocide aim to reduce global food waste
and provide a new avenue for global
consumers to safely preserve their foods
for longer.

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