WHY SHOULD BUSINESSES COMPOST ON SITE?
Organisations across the globe are continually searching for ways to make their business models more sustainable, improve their carbon footprint and demonstrate their genuine commitment to looking after our planet.
The on-site composting of food waste can help companies with all the above – allowing them to reap ethical, environmental, resource and financial benefits, all at the same time.
1,300,000,000
TONNES
Did you know that every year across the globe 1,300,000,000 tonnes of food is lost or wasted?
3,300,000,000
TONNES
Food waste’s annual carbon footprint is estimated at 3,300,000,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
200,000,000
PEOPLE
From the food wasted in Europe alone, 200,000,000 people could be fed.
1,400,000,000
HECTARES
It’s a sad reality that around 1,400,000,000 hectares of land are used to grow food that’s lost or wasted.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COMPOSTING?
- It helps to divert tonnes of food waste away from landfill.
- It turns food waste into a valuable resource.
- It enables companies to close the waste management loop.
- It saves thousands of pounds in off-site disposal costs.
- It reduces global greenhouse gases.
- It decreases pollution levels – less trucks on the road means cleaner air.
- It creates a nutrient-rich resource which can be used in growing projects.
- It generates jobs – especially in city-wide food waste collection projects.
- It improves the structure and quality of soil – promoting healthy plant and produce growth.
- It makes the produce we grow more nutritious – meaning healthier, happier human beings!
- It omits the need to use more synthetic, chemical fertilisers.
- It eliminates our reliance upon using peat-based composts, which are damaging to the environment and peatland ecosystems.
WHY PUT COMPOST BACK IN THE GROUND?
It supports soil health, helping to reverse the effects of climate change.
THIS IS WHY ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS THE WORLD OVER ARE USING ROCKET COMPOSTERS
To integrate food waste composting into their waste management strategies.
Here are some our most commonly asked questions…
This is one of the most common things we’re asked here at Tidy Planet, and the answer is no, they’re very different.
Dried food waste has the water evaporated out of it at a high heat, to reduce its moisture and weight by up to 90% resulting in an inert, stabilised powder, that can be used as a valuable fuel resource,
and not in the ground to grow produce.
That’s because as it hasn’t been through a complex biological transformation like compost, it’s missing in beneficial properties that aid moisture retention, soil structure, and microorganisms that benefit
the ground and help plant growth.
As a result, the composting process takes up to 14 days, while dehydration only takes one.
Any process claiming to produce compost in 24 hours isn’t producing ‘compost’ at all.
Food waste drying is a great solution for firms which simply want to reduce their off-site disposal costs quickly and decrease the amount of food waste being landfilled and don’t want to produce a compost
resource on site. However, the drying process uses more energy than composting, so has a higher carbon footprint.
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VISIT OUR FAQSYes, you can – but only under the right conditions…
As environmental awareness has grown, compostable packaging has had a surge in adoption and usage among both individuals and businesses alike.
The truth is that these sustainable, plant-based packaging alternatives are only better than their single-use counterparts if they are indeed composted, otherwise they’re simply a costlier route to landfill.
All compostable packaging is designed to break down naturally when composted, but it needs to be processed under the correct conditions – just like food or garden waste. Therefore, you need to ensure that your packaging is separated
from your general waste, and that you have a system in place which guarantees it goes to a certified composting facility, or you can do it yourself, on site!
Some packaging manufacturers have started to put collection and local composting measures in place for their products, all at a fee for the customer, but here at Tidy Planet we’re flying the flag all the way for on-site commercial composting solutions.
By having your own equipment on premises, not only can you close the loop and save on the costs and carbon emissions associated with third-party collections, but you can also create a valuable resource in the process.
MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING?
Head over to our FAQs page!
It supports soil regeneration, reversing the effects of climate change and it has both environmental and financial advantages for businesses.
THEY SAY SEEING IS BELIEVING…
See how brands across the world have been harnessing the resource potential of their food waste and generating compost.
CUSTOMERS
Keen to know more about compost?
If you’re eager to grow your knowledge about composting and the benefits it can have for businesses and our planet, have a look at the following resources.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY…
“Prior to being able to compost on site, we always sent our food wastes for AD to be recovered. But with the Rocket Composter, we’re going one step higher up in the Waste Hierarchy and recycling them on site, allowing us to autonomously reduce our carbon footprint, as well as our expenditure on disposal trucks.”.
Fergal McCauley, Head of Facilities at City of Glasgow College
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