The City of Melbourne, which incorporates the suburb of West Melbourne, has found that a machine installed last year is showing impressive results at preventing food waste from going to landfill. Municipal waste programs are often advertised with the assistance of
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Monitoring of the waste processing unit, named the Orca aerobic digestion system, has shown that in the twelve months to June of 2018, sixty two tonnes of food scraps disposed of by the café district in Degraves Street were converted into greywater.
Orca Enviro Systems executive general manager Tas Papas explained the machine is built on micro-organisms, which digest the waste, saying:
"The Orca is basically a mechanical stomach that digests fruit, vegetables, grains, dairy and proteins, so you end up with greywater that is safe to put into the drain without resorting to landfill."
His company specialises on reducing the environmental impact of food waste produced by businesses, and partnered with equipment distributor Totally Green to roll out the system in Melbourne.
Cafés along the European-style Degraves Street strip are asked to put aside organic waste each day. The converted waste is not only easy and safe to dispose of, it also prevents harmful methane greenhouse gases from reaching the environment.
Mr. Papas also noted the environmental benefit of avoiding waste haulage, saying the machine saves 8,000 litres in diesel fuel that would otherwise be needed.
