09/09/2020
More than 70% of waste from any food manufacturing company or restaurant is food waste. This is generated either from offcuts, damaged food, peals, floor spills, batch, and plate leftovers, returns from catering services, etc. Disposal of this food waste in an appropriate manner is a challenge. As per international data minimum of 40-50% of the Municipal Solid Waste is Organic Waste. This Organic Waste rots and emits greenhouse gases that harm the environment, attracting a huge cost in the collection, transportation, and disposal in landfills. At Lifeline, we brainstormed to develop a technology that can process Food Waste and converts into an Organically enriched sterilized greywater. This can be land applied directly as a liquid soil conditioner on a green patch. Further, it can be passed through an inbuilt filter to separate biomass and greywater. Greywater meets international wastewater discharge standards as very low in BOD, COD & TSS levels. Greywater & biomass are sterilized before discharge.
Many companies tried to introduce various technologies to address this issue but more or less their machines are too big in size and need Carbonaceous matter in process, compost produced from the composter is either unsafe for application or becomes an additional burden on the processor for its disposal. Some technologies produce greywater from organic waste which is high in BOD and full of undigested grease, oil, and fats, their quality is not up to the recommended wastewater discharge standards. They are also super thirsty for freshwater, making it water-inefficient.
