{"id":22711,"date":"2017-08-17T10:13:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=22711"},"modified":"2017-08-17T10:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:13:14","slug":"greenbelt-ecosystem-provides-solution-to-americas-220-billion-food-waste-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/greenbelt-ecosystem-provides-solution-to-americas-220-billion-food-waste-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenbelt ECOsystem Provides Solution to America’s $220 Billion Food Waste Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greenbelt Resources Corporation has successfully developed a solution to address industrial segments of the global food waste problem. In the United States, 30 to 40 percent of food goes to waste costing the country $220 billion in economic losses, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Consumers and businesses throw another 53 million tons of food away. Saudi Arabia is the largest food waster n the world followed closely by Indonesia where more food is wasted each year than is produced in the country. Focused on developing solutions to the growing crisis, Greenbelt developed its proprietary waste-to-energy technology to convert food industry waste into revenue generating bioproducts.<\/p>\n

Currently working on an initiative in Jakarta, Indonesia, Greenbelt CEO Darren Eng explains that Greenbelt’s waste-to-energy technology, ECOsystem, was developed to specifically address several areas of food waste including on the farm and in the food industry.<\/p>\n

“The ECOsystem process converts the food waste into multiple bioproducts including, in some cases, a high-quality protein feed for human consumption designed to help meet the growing global demand for more protein sources,” explains Eng. “The technology can also produce bioethanol, potable water, organic fertilizer that can be used in the fields, and in some cases bioenergy. One of the beauties of our technology is that it can be customized to fit any type of food waste situation.”<\/p>\n

In the global conversation around food waste three categories of waste have evolved:<\/p>\n