Agra-Cycle Sustainable RecyclingAgra-Cycle is a non-profit organization that provides solutions and strategies for business and municipalities to implement landfill diversion and zero-waste initiatives. There are many companies that recycle in one form or another. From metal and glass to plastics and pallets. Unfortunately, the largest percentage of waste that is generated in what is refereed to as organic wastes and only a fractional percentage is ever recycled. Recycling organic waste is referred to as but when you consider that organic waste makes up a majority of the waste generated but there is system in place to recycle it. In the hotel industry the rule of thumb is 72% of the total waste. Because you are looking at the totals you have to consider both pre and post consumer food waste, wet/soiled paper, containers and cardboard Traditionally this has led large producers of waste to make use of existing open-air composting facilities or hog farms. Neither of these two is a viable option in most real life. "Not in my backyard" is what immediately jumps to mind. Both types of facilities have problems with offensive odors that waft far beyond their property lines. With open air composting organic wastes are piled up in long windrows that require heavy equipment to regularly turn the pile and spray it with water. Using this process requires enormous amounts of acreage and a lot of machinery and employees able to operate it. There is the risk of fire, blowing debris, vectors and of course the stench.
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Composting food wastes. What is a bulking agent?
Reference Materials For Composting
With Agra-Cycle you can find a viable way to recycle organic wastes that is practical and economically viable for your particular needs. There seems to be always someone running on about going green and blowing the PR megaphone, but to blindly jump in to a complex issue such as composting without doing the proper due diligence is a recipe for failure. Additionally the worlds finest looking most technologically advanced composting apparatus is not going to do much good if it increase expenditures. That simply is not financially sustainable The biggest complaint that I hear about is this. A large business or a municipality has been meeting with a contractor or salesman over the purchase and installation of composting equipment and then realizes well into the process that they are going to have to come up with a source to supply large quantities of "bulking agents" which have to be mixed their current waste before it can go into the composting unit. Unfortunately some sign on the dotted line before that reality sinks in. Of course the salesman is not going to be around to show you how to work all this new stuff, they are going to refer you to the manufacturer. In trying to avoid this situation project managers often contact manufacturer directly. What they find is the manufacturer will instead seek to get your contact information and have a sales rep contact or visit you. An ounce of prevention. We are not manufacturers representatives seeking to convince you to buy a one product fits all customers.Our mission is to educate the public about sustainable recycling and to help facilitate this wherever possible. If you are facing deadlines and are under pressure to get a recycling program started to meet zero-waste policies, We can help. There is a very simple and quick method to contact us below. Until then, Return from Agra-Cycle to Home
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