School
kitchen waste from Brigg is being recycled into fertiliser, to help the environment.
Around 2,888
tonnes of kitchen waste per year from North Lincolnshire schools is being turned
into renewable energy and organic fertiliser that is then used to help food grow
and divert waste from landfill.
The council
has teamed up with ReFood UK Ltd, based in Doncaster, in this innovative scheme
that will recycle food waste from 64 schools in North Lincolnshire instead of
sending it to landfill, which is more expensive and harmful to the
environment.
Every day,
around 13,500 school meals are prepared across the district.
DynAgro is an
organic fertiliser containing N, P and K nutrients produced by ReFood’s
bio-digestion process.
Coun Nigel
Sherwood (Brigg & Wolds), cabinet member for highways and neighbourhoods at North Lincolnshire
Council, said: “It is good
to see food waste from our schools being recycled into organic fertiliser which
in turn helps the environment. This is part
of a range of measures the council is introducing to help recycle more of our
waste. When you think how many school meals are prepared each day, there will be
a lot of waste that can be recycled e.g. vegetable peelings, egg shells and
leftover food. By recycling
this, we are able to reuse it, help the environment and help food
grow!”
Brigg Grammar School pupils of the 1960s and 1970s may recall something similar used to be done years ago. A vehicle pulling a trailer containing a small tank called to collect left-overs from the refectory canteen on the field (now demolished) and also from the boarding house, where the hungry boarders were fed. We seem to recall this was then taken away to be fed to pigs on a farm in the area.
Can anyone confirm that for us?
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