This is a guest post by a rep from EnviroPure. While I have not used this product, or seen it in action, the company seems to be gaining ground and market share. At one of our recent meetings of the Zero Waste Network, we discussed how food waste is one of the biggest contributors to office waste. That being true, then we know that food waste must be huge at restaurants, food courts and cafeterias. This is a product that could make a huge difference in those areas. Composting can be very difficult in an urban environment, and even in a suburban one. Image a restaurant or food service facility that can compost most or all of its food wast-how much would that help them to achieve a zero waste goal? Could we hope to start seeing these around Cleveland?
I would like to introduce Opus EnviroPure Systems food waste elimination technology. It is essentially a hyper-accelerated composting process which eliminates food waste onsite. Each system is custom-manufactured right here in the Midwest. Food service facilities will no longer need to incur costs collecting and transporting food wastes from the kitchen to loading dock and beyond. Generally food waste is totally disintegrated within 24 hours. The process is simple. Food is placed into an onsite sealed system which prevents access by vermin and insects. The continual feed system eliminates food waste and decomposition odors. Trash and recycling containers stay more sanitary. You can choose either the wet or dry technology which can be located inside near the dining area/kitchen or outside near the loading dock. The wet system converts food waste into grey water which can be collected and used for agricultural purposes such as plant or lawn irrigation. The dry unit utilizes a mulch type medium which only requires changing once or twice annually. This system is ideal for facilities which would like to compost but do not have nearby commercial composting sites. And best of all food is composted within 24 hrs rather than weeks and months.
By diverting the food waste from dumpsters, dumpsters weigh less which equates to fewer waste hauler pickups and lower collection fees. Since the food waste does not end up at local landfills, no deadly methane gas is emitted. This system ultimately saves time, hauling costs, and is socially responsible. When foodwaste is eliminated at its source, there are fewer carbon producing waste trucks on the road (the trucks that would transport this foodwaste to composting sites or landfills). Also when the food waste is eliminated at its source the foodwaste is not dumped in landfills where it emits methane which is 30x more toxic than C02.
Below is a brief video which will help explain the Opus EnviroPure system. We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss how EnviroPure Systems might contribute to your readers green initiatives.
(units now can be sized to eliminate up to 3000 lbs per day)
http://www.youtube.com/user/opusenviro
Linda Basinger EnviroPure Systems, Inc.
2011 West Fulton St. Chicago IL 60612
p. (888) 324-7265 f. (312) 951-9575
lbasinger@enviropuresystems.com
Tags: composting, waste
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Love the product …we do large scale State and municipality organics to green fuel [ Disneyworld, VANOC- Whistler] Biodryer, 14 day cycle organic waste becomes a clean biomass fuel, for municipalities, instit’s,owner-op turnkeys, uses no fossil fuel, all natural 647-377-2360 tweet us if we can co market