Food Waste Recycling - Zero Waste Scotland
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Zero Waste Scotland can show the world another way, that means we will lead Scotland to use products and resources responsibly. Making Scotland a pioneer of the Circular Economy, just as we were a pioneer of the industrial revolution. Zero Waste Scotland will focus on where, as a society, we can have the greatest impact on climate change
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Food Waste Recycling - Zero Waste Scotland
- 1. Alison McKinnie Project Manager, Organics zerowastescotland.org.uk @zerowastescot Food Waste Recycling Generations Working Together
- 2. What food waste? The best way to manage waste is not to create it in the first place, but there will always be unavoidable food waste. • Fruit & Vegetable preparation waste • Coffee grounds & tea bags / leaves • Sometimes planning goes wrong – Plate waste & Spoilage • There is still a lot of food waste going to landfill Food waste - “Reduce what you can, Recycle what you can’t”
- 3. The food waste you can’t avoid, can have a second life .… …. but only if it is Recycled
- 4. What happens to your food waste? There are 2 different places your food waste could go for processing: • An In-Vessel Composting site, or • An Anaerobic Digestion site Lets find out a bit more….
- 5. Anaerobic Digestion What goes in? • Food waste (commercial, household & retail) • Farmyard manures / slurry • Crops residues What comes out? • Digestate – a liquid fertiliser for agriculture • Enables food to be grown more sustainably by reducing fossil based fertiliser use Biogas, which can be used for: – Heat and / or electricity – Replacing fossil gas in the gas grid – Vehicle fuel, even for a ferry
- 6. What goes in? • Garden waste – grass, leaves hedge trimmings & prunings • Food waste from households or businesses (manufacturing, retailers & hospitality) What comes out? • Compost – can be used by households or agriculture • Enables food to be grown more sustainably by reducing fossil based fertiliser use In-Vessel Composting
- 7. What cannot go in? Remember, compost and anaerobic digestate are used to grow food for humans and animals. • Check with your local council for a list of what can and cannot go into your food waste collection – be sure everyone in the household knows. • Always remove food from its packaging.
- 8. Why groups like yours are so important • Set within the community • Bring all different ages and generations together • Can spread the word on: – what happens to food waste when it is collected – what can and can’t go in • Encourage participation Often its not about doing new innovative things but doing known entities, but better, such as food waste reduction & recycling
Editor's Notes
- Zero Waste Scotland Title Slide – image version
- As Ylva has talked about ….. The best thing to do is avoid food waste …. However there is unavoidable food waste such as peelings and tea leaves / bags ….. And occasionally waste and spoilage. Here I’m looking to raise awareness about food waste reprocessing and looking for help in doing so. You could all help raise awareness to.
- This food waste can have a second life….. It now becomes a potential energy source or fertiliser to grow more food ….. But not if it isn’t recycled.
- Just like any animal, AD requires a good balanced diet and food waste (from households & C&I processes) provides this along with farmyard manures and crop residues.
- An IVC site takes food and garden waste but to get the balance right can only take around 15% food waste whereas AD could take 100%.
- We recon Food waste is still makes up nearly a third of the average ‘landfill’ bin and we need help to spread the word on what happens to food waste and why it is important to utilise it properly via a recycling service in most cases. Its not about doing new things with food waste or other material, but doing what we know works ….. But better.