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A. Secchiaroli & Sons Inc.
Recycling Services offered:
- Food waste recycling and consultation.
- If your business is in the food serving
industry, we can save you money. - Free consultation on your waste disposal
practices can potentially save you thousands
to tens of thousands of dollars per year.
What You Can Do
Follow the Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy
In Waste Not, Want Not: Feeding the Hungry and Reducing Solid Waste Through Food Recovery both EPA and
USDA recommend following the “food recovery hierarchy” below as the preferred options to make the most of
excess food. The food waste recovery hierarchy comprises the following activities, with the top 3 as the most
preferred since the outcome is waste avoidance. The bottom 3 considered waste management are least
preferred, with disposal as the last resort option.
Follow the Food Waste Recovery Hierarchy
In Waste Not, Want Not: Feeding the Hungry and Reducing Solid Waste Through Food Recovery both EPA and
USDA recommend following the “food recovery hierarchy” below as the preferred options to make the most of
excess food. The food waste recovery hierarchy comprises the following activities, with the top 3 as the most
preferred since the outcome is waste avoidance. The bottom 3 considered waste management are least
preferred, with disposal as the last resort option.
Secchiaroli
Piggery Since 1911
Piggery Since 1911
- Source Reduction – Reduce
the amount of food waste being
generated; - Feed People – Donate excess
food to food banks, soup
kitchens and shelters; - Feed Animals – Provide food
scraps to farmers; - Industrial Uses – Provide fats
for rendering; oil for fuel; food
discards for animal feed
production; or anaerobic
digestion combined with soil
amendment production or
composting of the residuals - Composting – Recycle food
scraps into a nutrient rich soil
amendment - Landfill / Incineration - Last
resort
Depending on the size of your operation, by
segregating your food waste for recycling, and
diverting it from your waste stream you can save
dramatically on your disposal cost . In a typical
restaurant, you may be generating 50% of your
trash weight from recyclable food scraps. At an
estimated tipping fee of $90/ton, its like throwing
money out the window. If your trash hauler
doesn't charge you by the ton, he should be.
Even if he's not, you are still paying for it
because the food waste takes up space which
means more pick ups for the trash guy and more
money out of your pocket. So it just makes cents
for you as a business to source segregate your
food waste and contact us to see how much
money we can save you. Local Recycling.
Global responsibility.
segregating your food waste for recycling, and
diverting it from your waste stream you can save
dramatically on your disposal cost . In a typical
restaurant, you may be generating 50% of your
trash weight from recyclable food scraps. At an
estimated tipping fee of $90/ton, its like throwing
money out the window. If your trash hauler
doesn't charge you by the ton, he should be.
Even if he's not, you are still paying for it
because the food waste takes up space which
means more pick ups for the trash guy and more
money out of your pocket. So it just makes cents
for you as a business to source segregate your
food waste and contact us to see how much
money we can save you. Local Recycling.
Global responsibility.
Did you know? Only 3%
of food waste is diverted
from landfills?
Americans discard over
87 billion pounds of
food each year that end
up in landfills
of food waste is diverted
from landfills?
Americans discard over
87 billion pounds of
food each year that end
up in landfills