by Shane Henson — September 14, 2012—Facilities managers who hate seeing tons of foods go to waste—be it from the plates of employees, customers or students—now have access to an innovative and affordable waste management solution offered by Bokashicycle, a company focused on keeping food scraps out of the garbage and reducing waste costs. The company also encourages its customers to ferment the salvaged food scraps to create rich soil for plants. (“Bokashi” means “fermented organic matter” in Japanese.)
The company’s newly released food waste pulverizing machine can be used almost anywhere to shred, rip, bruise and pulverize food waste. First, it compacts the food and then it delivers it to a 55-gallon barrel. Each 55-gallon barrel holds approximately 500 pounds of food waste. The pulverizing machine plugs into any 220-volt standard outlet and has an attached step-platform that makes it easy to send all of the food waste directly into the barrel or equivalent container.
Users will also find the machine easy to maintain, the company says. It comes with a powder-coated and galvanized tread/platform access to the hopper. Users simply walk up to the platform and dump waste into the hopper without any blow-back.
Food waste recycling immediately translates into significant savings for businesses such as restaurants, casinos, country clubs, schools, and farmers—just about any business that generates a large amount of food waste and needs to reduce waste disposal expenses, says Bokashicycle.
“This food waste pulverizer is designed to make waste disposal easy and cost effective,” said Lawrence Green, founder of Bokashicycle. “It’s also designed with safety in mind.”
Green recommends that users add the Bokashicycle culture mix to the food waste before it goes into the machine. This way food waste can also be fermented and sent to a farm for soil restoration, as an added benefit. In fact, one of the more effective ways to minimize crop damage and soil in times of drought is to improve the soil’s organic content, notes the company. Recycling food waste can reportedly do this.
