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Facts About Food Waste
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Facts About Food Waste • A"er recycling is pulled from waste stream…
• 21% of waste stream is food waste
• 9% Yard Trimmings • If both diverted for composAng = 30% of waste stream could become valuable soil amendment product!
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S 40,000 New Mexicans seek food assistance EVERY WEEK!
S Rio Grande is the 5th most polluted river in the USA
S Bernalillo County #1 in nation for annual topsoil loss.
S 8” average annual rainfall (more like 4”)—poor soils
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Opportunities to Divert
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S The problem is the solution.
Food waste…
S High in nitrogen and water
S Readily available
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Soilutions…
S Collects material…
Soilutions….
S Transports…
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Soilutions…
S Composts…
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