Time: Alternative Energy - Recycling Food Scraps - by Bryan Walsh
Recycling Food Scraps - by Bryan Walsh
It's still a rare service in the U.S.--less than 3% of the more than 30 million tons of organic waste the US produces annually is recycled. "This represents a great opportunity in the world of waste," says Kate Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition. "We just think about this stuff as garbage, but there's so much we can do with it."
Financially, organic recycling is a no-brainer. It's cheaper in many areas to recycle food waste than to consign it to valuable landfill space, and the compost can be sold as organic fertilizer.
Note EU-Digest: Recycled food scraps mixed with cow manure can also be turned into energy by the anaerobic digestion process which occurs in two stages. For additional information contact MMA@europehouse.com
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