Imagine cows and pigs eating semi trailers full of bread, muffins, and rolls!
Believe it or not, this happens around the country on a daily basis as America’s
livestock often feed on bakery leftovers. This recycling of bakery by-products
is a story that largely goes untold. It is, however, an extremely important way
to make use of the large amount of unused dough, cakes, rolls, and grains
produced by America’s industrial bakeries. When bakeries have excess food
product or products expire, these must be thrown out like many other items.
However, removed bakery by-products can be processed and turned into high
quality animal feed known as Dried Bakery Product. This product is then used as
a supplement to traditional livestock feed. There is generally a high demand for
this product and some bakeries produce four semi-trailer loads of bakery
by-product per day.
Of course this process begins with bakeries
using food waste processing machines that can meet the demands of continuous
loading and heavy production. SP Industries offers several different options for
handling wet or dry food waste. Systems are not only made to adhere to the
safety requirements produced by OSHA, but can also be made of stainless steel to
meet USDA requirements. Our food waste compactors
also have short cycle times and large chamber sizes to maximize waste
handling efficiency. You can see an entire food waste handling system in action
in this video. For food
waste that is very dense, auger style containers work best for distributing
waste that cannot be usefully compacted.
For more information on the
process of recycling bakery products visit: http://www.scopeproducts.com/index.php
and for more information on the equipment that makes this possible visit: http://www.bestcompactors.com/Food_Waste.htm Also,
we would like to hear about any creative ways that you recycle food waste at
home, from feeding your animals leftovers to using coffee grounds as potting
soil by replying to this blog, or contacting us on Facebook or Twitter.
