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[GreenYes] Re: Alternatives for handling food scraps


Hi Dan ~
 
Have you seen any comprehensive studies on the environmental impacts of collecting food and yard materials for processing and distribution from central sites?
 
Tthe transportation impacts, both to the sites, and then from the sites, seems large to me.
 
Our county food recovery plan goes along with your first recommendation -- compost it at home.
 
John
 
PS ~ A benefit of home composting is that the elimination of odor causing materials in the trash can. I put my trash out 2-3 times a year (60 gallon cart), by composting the putrescibles (I don't buy meat on bones.)
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address]On Behalf Of Dan Knapp
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:16 PM
To: Kendall Christiansen
Cc: GreenYes@no.address
Subject: [GreenYes] Re: Growing Global Interest in Food Waste Disposers
Next best is to use curbside food and yard debris collection; these centralized processing systems are proliferating all over the Bay Area right now. 

Dan Knapp
Urban Ore, Inc., a reuse and recycling business in Berkeley, CA for 27 years.


 



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