We’re just beginning this new year, but talk of diverting food from landfills–be it by composting or anaerobic digestion–abounds. And that’s a very good thing. In Connecticut, January 1st meant the start of a new law requiring some businesses within 20 miles of a composting facility to recycle their food waste. While the specifics still feel […]
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2014: The Year of Food Waste Recycling?
January 10, 2014 | Posted in Anaerobic Digestion, Composting, Energy Comments closed
Infographic: Food Waste to Fuel
While there’s plenty of interest in composting, there’s less activity around creating fuel from food waste. That’s largely because food waste-to-energy operations require higher investment at first. Yet in the long term, creating energy from our excess may be more environmentally beneficial according to the EPA (under “industrial uses”). On that topic, RWL Water Group […]
April 3, 2013 | Posted in Composting, Energy Comments closed