How New York turns millions of pounds of food waste into ‘black gold’
- 12-Sep-2025
NEW YORK: Watermelon rinds, greasy pizza boxes, and yard trimmings. In many cities, these items would head straight to a landfill. But in New York, they are the raw ingredients for something surprisingly valuable: “black gold.” “We’re making this awesome compost that we can use throughout the city and improve soil health,” said Jennifer McDonnell, […]
World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem
- 15-Nov-2022
Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill. “It’s just stunning,” the web designer, who is […]
Easy techniques to prevent food waste at home
- 11-Sep-2018
Food waste has become an environmental stigma and many companies around the world are doing the hard work to prevent food from going to waste. Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year approximately 1.3 billion tonnes gets lost or wasted. Sadly, it is not an exaggeration to […]
This food recycler converts food waste into fertilizer
- 27-Apr-2017
Now you can easily convert household food waste into fertilizer within twenty hours. Designed for the kitchen, the Zera Food Recycler reduces food waste by over two-thirds its original volume through a fully automated process. The result is ready-to-use fertilizer within 24 hours that can spread on the lawn, outdoor plants, and garden, making Zera […]