Composting Defined
Composting is a(n) __(1)__ process that converts __(2)__ materials into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
What is aerobic (1) and organic materials (2)?
Food that was not used for its intended purpose
What is wasted food?
According to the EPA, this is the MOST PREFERRED option to solve issues related to food waste.
What is prevent the generation of wasted food?
True or false - Just 15% of the food that is wasted could feed 25 million people
What is true?
The overall approach to planning and conducting a food waste audit comprises these 3 steps
“Target, measure, act”
The three most important requirements/factors for a good composting environment.
What are C:N ratio, moisture, and oxygen content?
The broad term for the primary ingredient that is being composted
What is feedstock?
According to the EPA, this is the LEAST PREFERRED method to solve issues related to food waste.
What is landfill/incineration/sending down the drain?
The single largest component of landfilled waste in the U.S.
What is wasted food?
This is one of the first activities you should do at the beginning a food waste audit.
“What is initial tours and interviews?” OR “Observe activities to identify where and why FW is generated”
The three characteristics of soil that are improved by compost.
What are tilth, microbial communities, and carbon sequestration capacity?
When planning a FW audit, this term means “Set a specific and measurable goal to reduce, recover or recycle FW that is currently generated”.
What is a target?
The Good Samaritan Food Donation Act states that donors (are/are not) held liable for potential problems caused by the food they donate.
What is ARE NOT? Both donors and recipients of donated food are protected against liability, as long as there has been no intentional misconduct.
A potent greenhouse gas that is produced when wasted food is sent to municipal solid waste landfills
What is methane?
When conducting a FW audit, you need to collect the weights of buckets with FW AND/OR the details for activities that occurred (number of plates scraped, #meals served, #employees, etc).
What is AND.
The highest temperatures within the compost pile occur during this stage.
What is primary?
The process of interviewing staff, observing food waste behaviors, and measuring food waste generation rates over a set period of time.
What is a food waste audit?
Businesses in NY State that produce more than 2 tons of food waste per week are required by law to do what?
What is “recycle remaining food waste after donation"
The percent of food produced in the U.S. that goes uneaten
What is 40 percent?
When designing a FW audit it is important to work closely with these people.
Who are STAFF
What is the ideal C:N ratio for a compost pile.
What is 30:1?
The process of food being buried and capped, where it biodegrades in the absence of air, with or without energy recovery
What is landfilling?
It is (legal/illegal) to donate food that has passed the 'best used by' date printed on the packaging.
what is LEGAL?
The two valuable products created by anaerobic digestion
What are biogas and digestate?
This is the length of time required to conduct a food waste audit once it’s designed.
What is 5 days