If we wish to keep this earth turning and supporting life, we will need to look after it. Food recycling can make a significant contribution.
It is estimated that 11.8 million tonnes of household food waste is produced each year in the UK alone. Most of this food could have been eaten, but instead was thrown into landfill where it rots and produces toxins. If recycled at source this food waste could be used to enrich the soil and grow more food.
This waste of good food is costing hugely not only in money but crucially as damage to the environment where it makes a massive contribution to greenhouse gas production and hence global warming.
It is estimated that 20% of the UK’s greenhouse emissions are associated with waste food. If we were to use or compost all of our waste food we could prevent the emission of at least 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
Landfill
Landfill sites emit greenhouse gases and toxic liquid effluent which can leach into the soil and waterways, they also require large areas of land. It takes 30 years for a landfill site to stabilise and stop emitting global warming gases such as carbon dioxide and methane - a greenhouse gas 25 times more damaging than carbon dioxide. There is limited landfill space left in the UK and new landfill sites are difficult to find. Would you want one next to you?
Ridan
So what does the Ridan do to stop this?
If a canteen that produces 5 tones of kitchen waste each year sent all of its food waste to a land fill, it would produce the same amount of carbon dioxide as the average car over a whole year!
By processing this same food through a Ridan composter and then spreading the compost produced onto a garden, you lock away the carbon dioxide in a good way, nourishing the soil, so that it can be used by plants to grow and complete the cycle in a natural way.
For officail details of food that we waste see Download Waste Food Per Person
So by using the Ridan, you, in turn, are keeping the world turning!
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