Welcoming a New (guest) Machine to the Kitchen
The kitchen crew, the solar array funders, and the 7th Principle Team would like to welcome a guest machine to our kitchen crew: The Kitchen Mill. Staff, renters, and volunteers at First U can now divert food waste from the landfill and sewer stream.
This stand-alone machine will allow us to process the small amounts of food waste we get throughout an average week and on Sunday lunch days so that it is not going into the waste stream.
A mill is a standalone device that is both a food grinder (like your sink disposal) and a dehydrator. Waste gets “ground up” and “cooked down” to compacted flakes that are ready to further compost. Don’t worry, we’ll still be looking for people to take compost starter after Sunday Lunch.
We’ll be trying it out for 60 days and if we like the way it works, we’ll keep it!
Why not get a sink disposal?
- Our plumbing isn’t set up to handle an in sink food grinder. The grease trap is already pushing it to its limits.
- Sink-ground food scraps get diverted to a different waste stream, but it’s still a waste stream.
Why not compost our raw scraps on the property?
- A larger uncovered space inside our garden areas that would be an unsafe and unsightly area.
- Outdoor compost needs just the right amount of sun which our property doesn’t get in places we’d want an uncovered compost area.
- Desciating (removing water) and grinding the food means using a small container composter is practical.
Interested in what to add and when?
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