How can food be recycled?
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Food recycling is a process to convert food waste into useful materials and products for achieving sustainability of the environment. Food waste is defined as all parts of food, inedible and edible, created before, during, and after food processing, production, and consumption. The UN Food and the Agriculture Organization claim that each year nearly 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted across the globe. Food wastage occurs at the various levels of the food system, namely farming, processing, transporting, retailing, cooking, and consuming When this waste food gets to the landfills, the massive layers of organic waste decompose and produce greenhouse gases (GHG) such as methane that is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas. Up to 40% of our food supply is thrown away each year. That’s equal to 60 million tons of food and almost 160 billion dollars, simply tossed in the trash. Less than 5% of unused food is recycled. That means 95% of unused food is sent to landfills. Decomposing food is the largest component of all landfill waste, and it’s the largest human-caused source of methane, a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Organix is working to change that. Since 2010, Organix has worked with the largest brands in food to service nearly 10,000 locations across the United States, diverting food waste from landfill to more sustainable uses. Instead of sending your company’s unused food product to a landfill, we collect and ensure that it is properly recycled into high-quality and useful end products: Livestock Feed Industrial Solutions Nutrient-Rich Compost What should I do with my food waste if I don't have a collection locally? If your local authority does not collect food waste you may wish to home compost some of your food such as vegetable peelings, egg shells, tea bags and coffee grounds. Items such as plate scrapings, meat, fish and bones should go into your non-recyclable bin. You can put all sorts in your food waste caddy. It doesn’t matter whether it’s mouldy or gone off – pretty much anything goes. The only food substances you can’t put in your food caddy are liquids – so no milk or cooking oil, for example. Everything else is fair game, as long as it’s food and free from packaging. It’s fine to use a compostable liner or to line your kitchen food waste caddy with paper if you don’t want to put it straight in – your council will tell you which liners are suitable and where you can get them from. This makes it much easier to keep clean, and will mean you only need to give it a proper clean every few weeks. Keep the lid on it to keep smells and flies at bay, and empty it into your outside food waste container when it’s about three-quarters full to stop any spills. Used libraries:
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