Has anyone attempted to utilize a scrap collector when attempting WE4? It recirculates the water it uses, reducing supply water usage by 90% over traditional garbage disposals. It would then grind the fibrous & non-soluble food waste and reduce waste bulk by 50% - 80%, reducing the amount of disposed waste. The client is not willing to compost everything, but we are attempting to get them to compost the pre-consumer waste (kitchen scraps, etc) thus reducing the amount that would be put in the scrap collector, and further reducing the amount of process water needed to eliminate food waste. Has anyone else attempted a similar approach?
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Suzanne Painter-Supplee, LEED AP+ID&C
PrincipalSEESolutions LLC
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September 17, 2010 - 3:44 pm
Many of my foodservice consultant clients specify collectors. Under LEED for Healthcare (Pilot), collectors are addressed. I would imagine that someone may have presented collectors as alternate compliance path, but compared to a pulper, at 2 gallons per minute, the collector is not the "best." Larger operations have difficulty with collectors because they must be emptied, and there is lifting involved. Collectors also offer up somewhat of a pre-rinse with their gusher heads, and using recirculating water.