Waste Management, Inc. headquartered in Houston, Texas, has launched a first-of-its-kind new Food and Organic Recycling Facility in Orange County, California. The new facility, located at an existing company transfer and processing facility in Orange, will process food and organics collected from local businesses, for conversion into a material that can be used as a source of energy.

The process employs a specially designed bio-separator that removes contaminates from organic waste, which is then transformed into a slurry that can be mixed with other complementary liquids to maximize its use in creating green energy.

The California waste department (CalRecycle) estimates that food waste accounts for nearly 16 percent of the overall waste stream in California, over 6 million tons per year.

(Source: Waste Management Launches New Food & Organic Recycling Technology [Waste Business Journal])