Food Waste Recycling
Recycling Your Discarded FoodDiscarded Food We once called it
trash. Now we make it into compost for growing beautiful lawns,
flowers, and gardens. We also used it for making renewable natural
gas (RNG), to heat our homes.
Presented by:Scott Pexton & Tom LincolnA1 Organics
What we are going to talk about todayA1 Organics Who are we?Why
not put our organics into a landfill?What is compost?What can
compost used for?What can and cant be composted?Food Waste Four
StepsA1 Organics An Organic Recycler40 years (1954) in the organic
recycling businessA1 is the largest organic recycler in the Rocky
Mountain RegionRecognized both locally and nationally as a leader
in the organics industry.A1 Organics started composting sheep
manure (50,000) and moved into composting of all types of
agricultural feed stocks, brewery waste, food waste, yard waste,
tree trimmings, scrap wood, pallets, and biosolids
What is ORGNAIC?Why not put organics into a landfill?
Think about what you are about to see!Stop for a moment and look
at this next picture. Besides the bulldozer, what do you see?You
are looking at a picture of a landfill and the garbage going into
that landfill.What do you see going into a landfill?
Types of Organic DigestionTwo ways types of organic digestion
(bugs eating organic material)Aerobic Digestion With Oxygen ~ What
happens when oxygen is needed to decompose organic materials.
Anaerobically Digestion Without Oxygen ~ Typically what happens in
a landfill
Benefits of Recycling Our OrganicsFoodwaste/organic material
sent to a landfill is anaerobically digests producing methane gas
CH4 and CO2 Methane holds 20 times more heat than CO2By diverting
foodwaste/organic material from a land fill to either composting or
production of methane gas, there is a ton-for-ton reduction in
greenhouse production. Declining Landfill SpaceLandfills are
filling up and closingIt is harder to permit new
landfillsNIMBYFewer LandfillsSource US EPA6170 Fewer Landfills in
less than 20 years
The Choice is YOURS
Organic Waste traditionally taken to landfills (65%+ is Organic
Materials)To Organic RecyclerorSustainability Beneficial use of
food waste to make compost and then grow more healthy organic foods
for the GeneratorsTo Landfill?OrganicRecycling? A1
OrganicsManufacturing CompostGeneratorsIts YOUR ChoiceCompost for
Growing More Food
Collection of Organic Recyclable Materials11Compost What is
it?
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Compost - What is It?Compost can be made from anything that was
once alive.Things like food waste, leaves or grass clippings or
even trees can be composted, its an all natural process.Think about
a tree in the forest.
Is this Compost?
The Composting Process ( it is an all natural process.)
MicroorganismsH2OO2Water
Heat
CO2
Raw Organic MaterialsGrass ClippingsTree
TrimmingsBioSolidsAnimal ManuresGround up WoodplusWater &
OxygenFinished Compost
Stabilized Organic MatterHumusHumic
AcidsMicroorganismsMicro-Nutrients
Source: University of Missouri Composting gives
offWaterOxygenComposting needs raw organic materials, water,
oxygen, and microorganisms15Composting is a Manufacturing
Process
It is PlannedControlledDocumentedRegulated by State
(CDPH&E), & Local County Governments
