Food Waste in the 21st Century We think we throw it “away” – but there is no away to throw it to. Well, actually we throw it IN, mostly into municipal landfills. In 2010, the EPA estimated that Americans generated about 250 million tons of trash and recycled and composted over 85 million tons of this material, […]
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Austin TX Chews on Food Scraps The city of Austin’s Resource Recovery Department master plan is a massive document. At 300-plus pages, it attempts to collect the various stepping stones that Resource Recovery Department head Bob Gedert hopes will lead Austinites to a life of “zero waste” by 2040. Just shy of the halfway mark –
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Keeping FOG Out The best way to avoid FOG problems is to keep the material out of the sewers. Six years ago, SFPUC started a program to stop FOG at the main source: restaurants. The emphasis is on encouraging owners to collect and recycle as much FOG as possible. As a first line of defense,
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Restaurateurs Are Finding Creative Ways To Dispose of Waste With Scrap Collector Systems With 1,200 to 1,500 customers a week, the Kingfisher Bar and Grill in Tucson, Arizona, generates a lot of garbage. In an average week, the restaurant produces enough trash to fill two 8-yard-long dumpsters with unrecyclable trash and food waste, two 8-yard-long
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Commercial Garbage Disposal Food Waste To Be Banned Some restaurants are already facing regulations banning commercial garbage disposals. The state of Massachusetts is preparing to ban commercial food waste starting in 2014. The commercial garbage disposal alternative The Drain Strainer is a great option to keep food solids out of the sewer system. State environmental
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Fats, Oil & Grease Control Program For 3-Compartment Sinks FOG is a problem for the drainage pipes in your home and in businesses. Most foods and many drinks contain FOG. When these are put into the sewer, the FOG attaches to the sides of sewer pipes, reducing the flow. This can cause raw sewage to
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“Fat Free” Sewer Systems for Lake Tahoe with Food Scrap Collectors The discharge of fats, oils, and greases to the sanitary sewer system is an important environmental and public health issue. Fats, oils, and greases (called FOG for short) build up in sewer lines over time, restricting the capacity of the pipes. Attempts to keep
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Commercial Food Waste Disposers Banned in New York City Currently, residential households are allowed to dispose of food waste using food waste disposers (FWDs), also known as garbage grinders. However, Food Waste Disposers are not allowed to be installed or used in commercial establishments (i.e., restaurants) or institutional uses (i.e., hospitals, universities, etc.). Commercial Food
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Sewers Are Getting Clogged with Grease From Commercial Disposals It’s estimated that 544,000 gallons of grease slip down Seattle’s drains each month, enough to fill seven large swimming pools. Most of it comes from dirty dishes and food waste, and it’s a problem. In the last five years, grease-clogged pipes caused about one-third of Seattle’s
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Team Conducts Tests on Fat, Roots, Oil and Grease Blocking Sewer System There is a FROG problem in the sewer systems. No, it’s not the croaking kind but the slick, matted kind. The accumulation of fat, roots, oil and grease (FROG) in sanitary sewer collection systems can lead to sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Ongoing sewer
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