Whole Foods store to convert waste to fertilizer [View all]
Whole Foods Market’s store in Bellevue, Wash., is expected to announce an agreement to deploy a new processor that turns food waste into organic fertilizer to be sold to farmers and consumers.
The WISErg Harvester unit, a composter built by Redmond, Wash,-based WISErg, is to be installed at a Whole Foods’ store in Bellevue, Wash., in early May. The unit will enable the store to reduce food waste in a sustainable way, and provide data reports to help the store better manage perishable inventory, WISErg said.
In addition to recycling food scraps, reducing waste and decreasing shrinkage, the store will sell WISErganic organic liquid fertilizer.
“Our partnership with WISErg is another example of our commitment to the community and the environment,” Dena Hastings, regional green mission specialist for Whole Foods, said in a statement. “We can help to create a virtuous circle of food consumption and production, with nearby growers using organic fertilizer made from food scraps that originate in our store.”
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