Milwaukee Post
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BUSINESS September 25, 2015 • Milwaukee County Post •7 By KATHERINE MICHALETS Conley News Service MILWAUKEE — Consumers may like to find a broad selection of fresh items at their local grocery store, but not all of it will be sold before it goes bad or approaches its expiration date. Last week, Sendik's Food Markets announced it is pioneering a pro- gram in the Milwaukee area that will trans- form food waste into usable energy. The InSinkErator's Grind2Energy sys- tem will be installed in all 12 Sendik's Food Markets metro area stores by the end of September, including Franklin, Greenfield, Wauwatosa and Whitefish Bay. According to the announcement, the Grind2Energy system diverts food waste from landfills, grinding and storing it in tanks on the property. Organic food items, even fryer oil, meat and deli items, can be added to the Grind2Energy. That broken- down waste is then transported to an anaer- obic digester facility where it is converted into biogas and fertilizer. The resulting bio- gas will be sold to We Energies. "This program is popular with the asso- ciates at our stores and blends seamlessly into our operations," said Nick Balistreri, Sendik's family co-owner, in a statement. "It's really a win-win for everyone con- cerned." Sendik's is not the only Milwaukee-area grocer to explore other uses for its food waste. Roundy's has a pilot program in place at one of its Milwaukee stores that is using the same partner and technology Sendik's has. "We will be adding another store to this pilot program in the near-term," said James J. Hyland, vice president of investor relations, corporate communications and public affairs, for Roundy's. "We are cur- rently investigating other pilot programs with various vendors regarding organic waste disposal." Hyland said there are three other actions taken with fresh food items that are no longer salable: most highly perishable pre- pared or cooked ready-to-eat foods are dis- carded as required by the food code; close coded raw meats or produce are donated to food pantries when applicable; and nonper- ishable foods, such as bakery, that are close or outdated are donated to food pantries. Reducing greenhouse gases According to Sendik's announcement, food waste is a significant contributor to greenhouse gases in the U.S., with more than 36 million tons sent to landfills each year, where it decomposes and produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The company estimates that the annual impact of utilizing the Grind2Energy system at all 13 locations will result in the elimination of 4.7 million car miles' worth of greenhouse gas emissions. The food scraps will create enough natu- ral gas annually to heat 1,500 homes for one month and generate more than 407,000 pounds of nutrient-rich fertilizer. For the past several years, Sendik's stores have been composting their food waste. The Grind2Energy program was first tested in the Mequon store in November, which before using the system needed eight 30-yard trash compactor trucks a month to handle its waste, Balistreri said. Now the store only needs one trash compactor truck per month. So far in 2015, more than 332 tons of food scraps have been transformed into renew- able energy, Balistreri said. Food that is still edible is donated to the Wisconsin branch of Feeding America, the nationwide network of local food banks. www.sendiks.com Email: kmichalets@conleynet.com Sendik's launches program to transform unsalable food products Submitted photo Sendik's Food Markets is installing the InSinkErator's Grind2Energy system in all 12 of its metro-area stores to turn food waste into usable fertilizer and biogas. Food that is still edible is donated to a food pantry. Turning food waste into energy We will MEET or BEAT any advertised price! Coupon items and soda specials excluded. "MR" means Mail-In Rebate. 933 W. OKLAHOMA MON-SAT: 9am-9pm, SUN: 10am-5pm 933 W. OKLAHOMA MON-SAT: 9am-9pm, SUN: 10am-5pm 9th & Oklahoma Lump Charcoal 17.6 lb $11.49 246123105 Oklahoma Liquor • 9th & Oklahoma 744-2444 Whole Sale Beer & Soda to Taverns & Businesses. WE DELIVER! 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