Innovative Composting Program
San Francisco has set up what looks like a fully sustainable and self-perpetuating municipal composting system. How does it work? The organic waste from over 2,000 restaurants is placed in a compost pile. The compost goes to feed veggies and fruits produced by local farmers. The restaurants then buy the produce and products from these local farms and other merchants. Then the restaurants collect the scraps, compost ‘em, and so on! Check out more about this project at the TreeHugger website.
October 13th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
I’m a San Francisco resident, and I’d like to point out that not only restaurants but over 60,000 (as of 2001) households & apartment buildings can put food scraps & yard trimmings in “green bins” for curbside pickup, just like trash & recycling pickup, but at no charge. Residential & restaurant scraps are then trucked to a facility for composting and sale.
December 29th, 2006 at 1:34 am
I’m a resident of Berhampur town in orissa, easter part of India, would like to start a small processing plant for producing fertile compost out of daily Municipal garbages generated by hotel, restaurants, aprtments and households in the township. Can you pls advice me how to setup a 100 tonne capacity compost plant with less investment.
Thank you.
Regards,
Santosh K. NAyak
June 18th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Reply to the question of Mr. Santosh. K
Dear Mr. Santosh,
May be I can help you for set up the plant. I have a own simple composting system which I can offer you and more than 15 years experience in composting business. Please answer me the following questions:
100ton capacity is that per year or day.
Is the garbage mixed or separate collected.
Do you have any machines already or you are just at the begining.
I hope to hear from you soon,
Sincerely yours
Martin Hauke