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BlueBear
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Starting a Business to Recycle Food Waste into Fertilizer Mar 8, 2016 12:43:15 GMT -8

Post by BlueBear on Mar 8, 2016 12:43:15 GMT -8

I can't say about fertilizer in particular, but I have an old friend here in Boulder who's working on a business converting food waste into cattle feed. He has a working idea, is just starting to get it off the ground.

If your friend is interested, he can reach him here:

www.madagriculture.org/

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Starting a Business to Recycle Food Waste into Fertilizer Mar 8, 2016 12:54:00 GMT -8

Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 8, 2016 12:54:00 GMT -8

Our area is one of the top recycling districts in the US. If he wishes, he could contact the following. We've worked with them on determining the feasibility of similar business models (in our case, composting petroleum-impacted soils). The latter two might be interested in a partnership.

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
Jamesville Compost Site
4370 Route 91
Jamesville, NY 13078
315-453-2866
info@ocrra.org

Cornell Waste Management Institute
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Bradfield Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-1187
cwmi@cornell.edu

State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering
Walters Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2778
315-470-6501
paper@esf.edu

Examples:

www.iamnorahorvath.com/blog/2014/10/13/suny-esf-incorporates-locally-grown-produce-into-dining-services-menu

eem.jacksonkelly.com/2011/08/new-research-on-commercial-scale-aquaponics-using-food-waste-to-raise-freshwater-fish-and-vegetables.html

ocrra.org/about-ocrra/services/food-waste-composting

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Starting a Business to Recycle Food Waste into Fertilizer Mar 8, 2016 12:59:48 GMT -8

Post by zeke on Mar 8, 2016 12:59:48 GMT -8

For decades, the waste from Fritos manufacturing have found their way to the feed lots. I am not surprised other waste is being considered. As for fertilizer, isn't compost just another form of plant food? Composting food waste, even meat and bones, has been done in the US for decades as well.

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