Lots of food wastes are trapped within non-compostable plastic. The City of Bakersfield’s new composting system accepts and handles all types of food packaging materials using existing equipment to achieve plastic separation. This process has been implemented in 53 schools with growing success. 

Learning Objectives:

1.     Achieve higher solid waste diversion goals by targeting the organic portion of the waste stream in an unconventional way.

2.     Contrast system approaches, between traditional low volume systems that require more up-front separation vs. a new higher volume system by handling the wrappers with the food.

3.     Solve the problem of plastic contamination in organic food waste composting by employing a system that handles plastics on purpose to get at food scraps trapped in wrappers and packaging.

SPEAKERS:

Sal Moretti
Superintendent,  City of Bakersfield Solid Waste Division,  Bakersfield,  CA

Contributor/Source

Sal Moretti

Claim CEUs

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit, mattis condimentum justo velit convallis taciti faucibus, egestas elementum vitae vestibulum cum fames