An ambient anaerobic digester system for anaerobic digestion of animal
waste with biogas production and recovery is provided. The anaerobic
digester system includes a substantially flexible bladder for
anaerobically digesting the animal waste with biogas production and
transmitting the biogas to at least one biogas storage container, biogas
use device or a combination thereof. In a preferred form, the
substantially flexible bladder has a waste inlet, a digester effluent
outlet, one or more sludge access ports and a biogas outlet in a top
surface thereof. The anaerobic digester system may inexpensively, simply,
reliably, and effectively be used to treat animal waste without energy
expenditure and little capital expense, thus minimizing pollution
typically caused by animal waste.