Food Waste Into Compost!

This company turns food waste into beautiful compost. See the full video here:

We recently had the opportunity to tour the ReSoil composting facility in Elgin, SC. ReSoil has a unique setup in that they take in all this food waste and turn it into compost.

They are a level 3 composter that can take in all sorts of food waste from bones from chicken, to dog food waste from a manufacturing facility (corn, soybean, bonemeal) to BBQ sauce, and more.

While we were there we saw egg water delivered and a load of food waste from a local business cafeteria.
The local businesses that have on-site cafeterias pay to have their waste taken to this facility in order to be greener and eco-friendly. It is a win-win for the companies and the environment.

In turn, ReSoil is able to compost the materials and sell the byproduct which is compost in order for others to grow in.

We had a very cool visit and were able to talk with the Facility Manager, Matt Renwick, one on one in-depth for a while to learn how this all operates.

The facility was started many years ago by another group of entrepreneurs and conservationists that came up with the concept of collecting food waste from local individuals' homes and businesses. They worked to have bags that were developed that were compostable.

You can see those bags in this clip. They are made from plant-based material and are able to be added back to the compost.

The difference between compostable and biodegradable is that biodegradable just deteriorates over time while compostable is able to add something back to the compost such as nutrients.

Follow along with us as we dive deep into this dirty job of composting to make a sweet soil amendment and impact the environment in a big way.