Matt explains how he reduces waste in his restaurants to zero and in turn makes the food, eco system and community better. His restaurants were zero waste, taking in no waste, nor generating any waste that needed to be disposed of in landfill. For example, milk was delivered in vats, saving 45,000 plastic bottles per … Continued
Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent to landfill last year or any year since 2011. Watch the video and read more here.
A video that depicts the operation of Oklin’s composter at Sheraton Schipol in Amsterdam.
Barwon Health was one of the first health organization in Australia to introduce a ClosedLoop composting system. It recycles food waste from 3000 meals a day into composting material that is then donated to Magic Meadows, a self-sustainable farm. The farm in turn provides product to FoodSkill; a social enterprise that gives socially disadvantaged people access … Continued
Cecconi’s is an Italian restaurant located at Flinder’s Lane in Melbourne, Australia. They source their fresh ingredients from local producers, organic wherever possible, and from their own home-grown vegetables from the family farm. They are committed to all things fresh and environmentally friendly, and have recently installed the “Closed Loop Organics unit by Oklin” composter, distributed … Continued
Ajman, the smallest emirate in the UAE, disposes 600 tonnes of waste to landfills everyday – an alarming number for a state with a population of 240,000. Iftikhar Hamdani, general manager at Ramada Hotel & Suites Ajman, realized that his hotel generates 950kg of food waste, where the kitchen produces 60% of the waste. Hamdani focused … Continued
Oklin’s composter at Union Gospel Mission featured in The Province in Vancouver, BC Union Gospel Mission serves over 320,000 meals a year, and there is an inevitable significant volume of waste that is generated. Instead of paying the high cost of organics removal every week, UGM has invested in an Oklin Composter to compost food waste on-site. For … Continued