Looking for Ideas Regarding Recycling Food Scraps and Other Reusables After Football Matches

Depending on how where the matches are, my personal favorite for large group food scrapes is pigs. We used to take scrapes from a youth camp and give them to local farmers. I suppose this is more down-cycling than recycling. But folks call plastic recycling recycling, so what the helk. We talked about taking keeping our own pigs for a while, but the health requirements in an institutional setting were onerous. Hence the good neighbor solution. The farmers loved it. I am guessing the pigs did also.

Jeff Hohensee
Deep Lake Battle Creek, MI, USA

Sally: Un-served food may be usable by a food bank. See http://www.toolsofchange.com/English/CaseStudies/default.asp?Id=166

Cheers,
Jay

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Hi Sally

I like Jeff's suggestion, maybe the vet school at Murdoch would be happy to have their pigs involved. Also within Murdoch, try the Centre for Excellence in Organic Waste Management. Considerable in-house expertise there. I would also suggest your student research reports from food waste collection and composting from the Sydney Olympics. In addition, both the Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) and Sustainability Vic (the old EcoRecycle Vic section) maintain case studies on programs of this nature.

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Dear All,

Might be worth checking out a BiobiN - these have been trialled in a range of sites around Adelaide, South Australia: www.biobin.net www.abc.net.au/newinventors/txt/s1351252.htm The BiobiN processes all types of commercial organic waste, including meat products and turns it into compost on site in a relatively short time. Essentially, BiobiN pre-composts organic matter which, eventually ends up being mixed with other organic material. This is used in the production of soil conditioners and organic fertiliser for the home or commercial garden. Physically, the BiobiN is essentially a composting vessel (similar to a Skip bin) and aeration system. The bin can hold up to 10 cubic metres, and depending on the volume of rubbish, it will hold two to three weeks load. Scientifically organic material placed in the BiobiN is allowed to compost rather than putrefy (which happens when waste is placed in conventional commercial bins). The BiobiN process involves oxygen being pumped into the airtight bin at regular intervals and recirculated. Gasses produced in the composting process pass through an internal Biofilter which gets rid of any foul smell. Ammonia and the high temperatures combine to kill off disease causing pathogens. At the end of each cycle the BiobiN is collected and replaced with a clean composting BiobiN. The BiobiN was initially designed for use on chicken farms in SA to dispose of dead birds in such a way that no disease could be transferred from farm to farm, vermin and flies were minimised and occupational health and safety guidelines were adhered to. Widespread use of the BiobiN would contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through the diversion of organic waste from landfill. In Australia, some 8.4 million tonnes of organic waste is sent to landfill every year. This organic material contributes more than 3 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions. Another great benefit of BiobiN is its potential to cut waste management costs for businesses like shopping centres and restaurants. Instead of daily waste collections, necessary to counter foul odours and potential pathogen build up, BiobiNs can be left for up to 30 days, thereby saving money not only on waste collection but also landfill fees.

Sharon Ede

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As already suggested there are schemes that take unserved food such as One Umbrella here in Melbourne Last year I created a workbook for the hospitality industry re waste. This is free to download from Sustainability Victoria website (Waste Wise Catering Toolkit) http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/1250-waste-wise-catering-toolk it.asp?intSiteID=4 In the case study section it talks about how some organisations have used the food scraps for their garden. Environment Victoria were also looking at setting up a CBD scheme.

Rgds
Monica

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Sally - you may want to discuss this with Organics Recyclers.. a company who has been in the organics game for a long time and bravely took on the recycling of organics for CBD offices and restaurants a few years ago. http://www.organicrecyclers.com.au/

Kathleen

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