by Naoko Fujiki
Different from Japan, American do not burn the trashes.
We throw away the food wastes either into the landfills or into the
sink.
Many Americans are using the food waste disposer, because
it is the safest, easiest, and most ecologically sound method of
eliminating biodegradable food waste.
(Photo
: In-Sink-Erator）
About
670,000 tons of discarded materials end up in a landfill each year, and
food waste is 13% of them.
Bacteria from decomposing food, which produces an acid leachate, is
100 times stronger than domestic sewage and carcinogens.
These
can seep into the ground, contaminating the water table.
Disposers help reducing landfills by grinding
food waste safely and efficiently into minute particles, which are washed into the sewage system
with a controlled flow of water.
(A
landfill in San Francisco
Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.）
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