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Article: Exploring the benefits of composting a correctional facility's food waste.
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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Faced with escalating waste disposal costs, many correctional facility food service operations now regularly recycle plastic, glass, aluminum and tin, as well as corrugated cardboard and clean paper. Inaddition, a growing number of facilities have taken this concept a step further and are recycling food scraps and soiled paper such as napkins through composting.
Composting is a natural process that converts organic waste matter into humus, a valuable soil product which can be sold or kept on the institution's grounds for agricultural uses.
By composting food and paper waste instead of sending it to a landfill or incinerator, an institution can significantly ...