Breaking Down Organic Waste
Ever wonder what happens to all the leftovers from, well everywhere?
Mostly leftovers go into the trash and then to a landfill. Some leftovers are donated to soup kitchens (although health regulations and the issue of an employee from eith party getting the food to the non-profit make this tough to pull off). Progressive organizations have turned to composting.
Now there is a whiz-bang technology that promises, “you can throw anything in the machine that you can digest yourself.”
BioHightech debuted the GOHBio 1001 (not sure how to say that) recently. It is a high volume organic waste decomposition system – an anaerobic digestion chamber – an institutional stomach. It looks like a deep freeze.
The GOHBio 1001’s “active ingredient” are microbes which need periodic replenishment. They truly digest the organic matter and the machine spits out water that qualifies to go down an ordinary drain. The remaining waste is dramatically reduced in volume and gets cleaned out every few months.
Cost savings potential for high volume kitchens and cafeterias and manufacturing is significant.
Wisconsin Landfill Tipping Fees To Increase
Wisconsin landfills have low costs which encourages waste haulers in bordering states to use Wisconsin landfills.
To help offset the budget shortfall, and for a host of other reasons, the landfill tipping fee is set to rise from $5.90 per ton to $13.00 per ton. Yikes!
Critics say the out of state haulers will look elsewhere for landfills, and that the plan won’t work to generate extra revenue for the state.
The risk to trash generators is that since this is a state tax, you’ll have to eat the cost increase should the State legislature pass the bill.
What Waste Consultants Look For
In our detailed analysis of all areas of your waste disposal and recycling solution, a waste consultant will:
- Pinpoint over-payments, errors, and overcharges
- Ensure the relationship between the landfill and your hauler is to your benefit
- Identify the primary drivers of your vendors’ costs and use them to your advantage
- Consider access technology that may be helpful to you, speeding processes and cutting costs
- Evaluate costs versus benefits for technology upgrades so you can make informed decisions
- Identify cost recovery and recycling alternatives to create new revenue streams
- Provide accurate long-term waste disposal costs – no surprises
- Advise you how and when to renegotiate your contracts to your advantage
- Seize new revenue opportunities for you from market trends
- Help you understand which taxes, tariffs and fees are your responsibility – and which are not!
We will make best-practice recommendations, tailored for your situation, and implement only the strategies you approve. And since we share in the profits we create for you, we’re always seeking out new ways to save you money and enhance your revenue streams.
