A major food processor in the Bronx has gone from producing 150,000 pounds of waste per week down to none. Baldor food company no longer trucks anything to the dump. Vegetable leftovers are bagged and offered to chefs for use in stocks or sauces. Fruit odds and ends are sold to juiceries, which use them for cold-pressed drinks. Scraps that aren’t suitable for human consumption are made into animal feed. And anything that falls on the floor of the facility or arrives rotten is processed through a “waste-to-water” machine, which turns food into a slurry that can safely go down the drain. The reduction initiative has not only benefited the environment, but has also helped the company cut costs and generate additional revenue.
This company is transforming food scraps into a big business
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