Shore Soils Ltd.

WHY SHORE SOILS?

Food waste is a growing problem in our modern society. Approximately one third of the food produced worldwide never makes it to the table and ends up as waste, occupying around 25% of our ever- shrinking landfills. Additionally, Soil health is suffering because of it! The quantity of organics entering the landfills everyday is growing exponentially. Why not be part of the solution for both of those issues! ​

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, Americans generate around 14 million tons of food waste each year, or 106 pounds of food waste per person. Of this, 570,000 tons is composted for a 4.1 percent recovery rate; the rest, or 13.4 million tons, is incinerated or sent to a landfill, occupying 6.3 million cubic yards of landfilled municipal solid waste. This is not just a food waste issue, it is also a waste of land, water, labor, energy, and even contributes to methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. Commercial composting is a great alternative to the disposal of food waste into landfills.