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.
Commercial food scrap composting
San Francisco, long time metropolitan recycling leader in this country, let alone the globe recently passed a mandatory recycling ordinance. Residential and commercial building owners must sign up for recycling and composting services. San Francisco has already attained a 72% recycling rate and they’re going to go higher now – to 75%.
Essentially about one-third of landfilled material is recyclable. Tenants, both residential and commercial want to recycle, but the owners have been lagging.
Logistically, buildings have to supply three waste and recycling bins. One each for trash, recyclables and composting.
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.
Every dollar counts…
Tim, Thank you for all your efforts to save money for us. Every dollar counts to help the animals. You have achieved great results and savings for us in the waste removal management of our shelter.
As promised, your process was very independent of our busy day-to-day operations. The results of your work are also excellent: 46% on recycling, 39% on trash at one location, and 17% at our other!
We also appreciate that your first initiative was to effectively handle building repairs resulting from waste
hauler damage, prior to collecting any fees.
I would be happy to recommend your organization to any prospective client. Thank you!
Pam McCloud Smith
Executive Director
Dane County Humane Society
Solid Waste Management…
Are there three less glamorous words?
Solid waste management is the ugly step-child of line item expense. Every company needs a solid waste management program, but no one likes to think about it much. Frankly, most firms are just happy to have
someone keep their trash out of sight.
Small wonder, then, that most companies give their waste management program accounting sheets only the briefest of glances.
And that could be costing you money. A lot of money.
But what if you could save 25% a year on your hauler costs? Or recoup as much as 40% of your waste program expense through innovative recycling spot markets? How would that affect your bottom line?
Midas Management Consulting, LLC provides expert services for solid waste management consulting programs. We’ll uncover the waste in your waste – the overcharges, unnecessary add-ons, and many other
ways waste vendors take you to the cleaners. We know where to look and what to look for. And when we find it – and we will – we both save.
In fact, we’re so confident we can save you money, that we offer the best guarantee in the industry.
And best of all, it costs you nothing to discover your savings, because we ONLY invoice AFTER the savings hit your bottom line.
Over 90% of our clients enjoy substantial savings of 40% or more.
