is it possible to recycle left over food, fruit peel offs, vegetable peel -offs.?

Question

i was wondering wheter left over food at home and vegetable peel offs and fruit peel offs can be recycled and use a an energy source or can some energy be made out of it. can we make some manure which can use for irrigation or argricultural prurpose.

Answer 1

i till mine up in my garden.

Answer 2

Yes, you can take left over foods and compost them, by adding them to dirt, manure, leaves and other elements that will help them break down into nitrates. A good compost will actually create enough heat to steam in winter, as it breaks down. Turning the pile helps to break it down more thoroughly. We add vinegar to our horses compost pile, which helps the composting accelerate. Farmers call it "barn tea". Within a few seasons, you will have complete "organic" compost.

Farmers don't use compost for irrigation, that is their watering system. But they do use it induce growth through nutrients for their harvests. Good irrigation systems will help to spread the nutrients through out their fields though.

Answer 3

absolutely. it's called compost and its the best thing you can put in your garden or in houseplants. beats chemicals

EDIT: i meant (unlike veena below) that you don't have to send food waste to the dump. you can "recycle" it right in your own kitchen. it makes the most nutrient-rich dirt you could ask for. she is right about methane-gas retrieval but making compost is cheap, easy and more beneficial than just throwing the stuff in the garbage

Answer 4

You can make a compost pile for left over food (except meat and bones), fruit peels, vegetable peels, and others (i.e. coffee and coffee filters).

Answer 5

There are no programs that I am aware of to recycle organic refuse commercially, but it can be composted and used as fertilizer for your garden.

Answer 6

Yes it is possible but is not worth it because it costs morethan the energy harnessed. They harness energy form these foods by allowing them to decompose and then they harness the energy that the bacteria let off. ...

Answer 7

You might be interested in a Worm bin..one of many sites with instructions below. (not good for fats, or meats..only veg.)

Answer 8

You can use it for compost. You can buy compost bins at most hardware stores.