Blog: Food for Thought (and Not for Landfill)

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In November 2021, Power Knot attended the Hamburg Maritime Forum, a two day international event in Hamburg, Germany featuring maritime industry experts across various segments. Here are three takeaways from the conference.

In this blog, we review the process of using a food scrap dehydrator and some of the pros and cons of dehydrating food scraps. With a better understanding of how food scrap dehydrators work, commercial food operations can make a more informed decision as to how to best dispose of their food waste.

The world is on fire and it is only going to get worse as global warming continues to heat up. Here are three reasons why reducing food waste is vital in combating climate change.

Food waste make up the largest component of municipal solid waste in landfills. Governments at all levels have a role to play in preventing food waste, facilitating the donation of surplus food, recycling food scraps, and diverting from landfills. Here are ways that municipalities can reduce food waste to sustainably impact their cities.

Food grinders have emerged as a potential solution for disposing of food scraps, and keeping them out of the landfill, but this equipment isn’t without its problems. Here we’ll describe what a food grinder is, how to use this solution for the disposal of food waste, and some of the potential drawbacks you may face in grinding food scraps.

Americans throw away approximately 25 percent more trash during the holiday season than any other time of year while 10.5 percent of US households remain food insecure. In this blog, we discuss how commercial businesses can minimize their holiday food waste.

Food waste is one of the biggest issues that maritime vessels are still struggling to deal with. We review and compare food pulpers against biodigesters as food waste solutions.

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26 summit) in Glasgow this past week, there was much emphasis on the need to reduce methane emissions. If your business serves, processes, or distributes food, you could be inadvertently contributing to methane emissions, resulting in your organization having a very high carbon footprint. Here's how to reduce your carbon footprint and impact on the environment.