In today’s environment, properly disposing of waste requires more than just bagging up trash. The waste-management landscape is changing. More frequently there are regulations and laws being put into plan regarding what items are allowed to be taken to landfills and mandating recycling programs. With these increased rules comes a hefty price tag, as waste disposal is becoming more expensive. Fuel prices are on the rise and landfills are reaching their capacity, which is resulting in an increase in hauling and tipping fees. Managing waste in an economical and environmentally friendly manner is becoming gradually more difficult, leaving foodservice and food retail operations needing waste-reduction strategies that provide both financial and environmental benefits.

A New Innovation in Waste Reduction
Common waste-disposal solutions include recycling, composting and pulpers, all of which are resolutions to reducing waste. While these methods are effective, a new innovation in waste-reduction technology has recently been released and is changing how waste is handled. Somat’s new eCorect is a high-speed food-waste-recycling machine that is both an environmentally and economically friendly solution. This waste-decomposing machine dehydrates food, reducing and decomposing the weight and volume of food waste by 80 to 90 percent. Waste can include items such as meat scraps, small chicken bones, fish bones and paper/cardboard. The energy and water from the waste are recycled and utilized to transform it in to a humus-rich soil without the use of enzymes, wood chips, fresh water or any other additives, resulting in zero sewer and landfill contamination.

“Average Americans throw away 475 pounds of food waste every year, according to a recent study,” said Lin Sensenig, Somat Company general manager. “The economic cost to dispose of food waste and food scraps will continue to increase. The eCorect machine reduces the cost of trash removal by decreasing the weight and volume of the trash, thus reducing operating costs for our customers. This product finally closes the ‘waste handling’ circle—food to waste, and waste to food.”

“The eCorect system incorporates an innovative, smart, energy-saving technology that recycles the energy and requires no ventilation or plumbing, and there are no negative environment byproducts. It produces reusable byproduct, a soil amendment that could even be used by groundskeepers to fertilize flower and plant beds around the property, eliminating dumping and hauling costs,” said Silvano Merlo, assistant general manager at the Marriott Hotel located in Torrance, Calif.

The eCorect is increasingly being adopted by Fortune 1000 companies as organizations strive to find a solution for waste handling. For additional information about the eCorect, visit www.somatcompany.com.

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