Food waste in Beijing not properly disposed off
May 31, 2012 Category Environment, Pollution
Many restaurants in Beijing are still improperly disposing of their food waste despite regulations that encourage proper treatment and recycling, according to research by the Beijing-based NGO Green Beagle, which surveyed 60 restaurants in the city’s Chaoyang district. “The food waste produced by the capital’s restaurants is supposed to be sent to the food waste treatment factory at Gao’antun in the northeastern part of Beijing or Nangong in the south to transform it into organic fertilizer,” said Chen Liwen, who headed the research. He said restaurants in the capital produce at least 600 tons of kitchen waste daily, but the two food waste treatment factories only receive some 100 tons. “It’s distressing to see food waste, which might become useful fertilizer, animal feed or energy, mixed with facial tissue, disposable chopsticks and plastic bags,” Chen said. The violators are not limited to small restaurants deemed poor in quality, Chen said. She added even some of the established, well-known restaurants habitually break the rules. “Since the restaurant will not be punished no matter what … few restaurants are strictly abiding by the guidelines,” said Chen. “The treatment of kitchen garbage will be a flourishing industry if we properly classify and dispose of them,” Feng Shaoqiang, Founder of Coanda Energy Co, a Tianjin-based company that transforms kitchen waste into organic fertilizers said.
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