The "Act on Promotion of Recycling and Related Activities for Treatment of Cyclical Food Resources" of 2001 prohibits the continued incineration of food waste. And, with participation in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) increasing, the urgency to recycle food waste has never been greater.
Recycling in the food sector reached 85% in 2019, but the food retail and restaurant industries have lagged at 51% and 32% each. The main reason has been the overhead in removing and separating foreign matter from waste, requiring a rethink in disposal methods.
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Subsector
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2019 Recycling Rate
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2024 Goals
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|---|---|---|
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Overall
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85%
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–
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Food Manufacturing
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96%
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95%
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Food Wholesale
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64%
|
75%
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Food Retail
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51%
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60%
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Restaurant
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32%
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50%
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Our ALIN BOX sub-critical water processor can handle all types of organic waste together. Containers and wrappers made of plastic and paper can be broken down together without the need to separate organics from packaging.
The practice of composting food waste collected at recycling centers to fertilizer is well established. Sub-critical water hydrolysis can not only yield fertilizer grade residue, the residue can further be used for biogas generation.
This supermarket chain has a system in place to recycle carboard boxes, PET plastic bottles, and aluminum cans at a shared facility. However, currently outsource the disposal of animal and plant based food waste.
By adding a sub-critical water processor and anerobic digester to the same facility, they can not only use their current logistics to dispose of food waste on premises, but also generate electricity at the same time.
Learn how you can take advantage of cutting edge sub-critical water hydrolysis to solve your waste disposal needs.
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