HOW THE SERVICE WORKS
The term “waste” as a noun is a relative term. The core of an apple is deemed “waste” by some and ends up in a plastic-lined garbage bag that gets hauled away to a landfill. The missed opportunity to return the apple core back to its intended cycle of breaking down and returning to the soil was the true waste. This is the focus of Full Circle Bioconversion: allowing unusable food to complete its intended purpose of breaking down and reentering the growing cycle.
The desire to see local foods in local restaurants has grown year after year, but there is still a missing step to close the loop. Full Circle Bioconversion completes the cycle: farm to table, table back to farm. There is no waste, just transformed resources.
The service is simple: lidded 5-gallon buckets are dropped off at homes and restaurants (with compostable liners) and picked up on a regular schedule. It's a great way to audit what's leaving your kitchen and could help modify future buying habits. Plus it should make you feel all warm and fuzzy knowing you're feeding future you and not the landfill.
AFTER THE BUCKETS COME IN...
A basic timeline of the transformation that occurs...
Collect the Food
Food scraps are picked up from restaurants and homes. Any non-food refuse is sorted at the facility and disposed of either at the landfill or recycling centers.
Feed the Bugs
Food scraps are weighed and pre-processed into smaller pieces and fed to the larvae.
Screen the Products
After several days of exponential larval growth,
the material from the bioconversion process is screened to separate larvae and their manure (known as frass).
Return to the Earth
Larvae screened will feed fish or poultry or used as live bait for fishing. Frass will be used as a compost-like soil amendment, or can be used to inoculate a compost pile. Compost piles take care of the screened out "overs" as well as any liquids from pre-processing.
