Can kitchen waste be recycled?

Answer 1

Yes, throw it in a compost bin. Makes great soil

Answer 2

Kitchen waste can certainly be recycled. As per previous answers, the left overs can be put into a compost bin or where I grew up in the country, we threw the leftover food in the back field and the crows ate it. The corrugated cardboard, we would use as a base to make candle holders ( we also collected cones of every kind, glued them on the base of the cardboard, then shellacked it to give it a shiny coat). When we had fat from cooking, ie bacon fat, fat from frying hamburg, etc, we would put it in a bottle under the sink. Then we would get a pine cone, fill it with the fat and add different grains and hang it up outside in a tree for the birds to eat. the tin cans we would also use. The smaller ones (tuna, ham, etc.) we would wind some of the corrugated cardboard inside it, pour some wax over it and use it to start campfires. The other tin cans that we didn't want to keep we would take the other end off and squash it so it didn't take up as much room in the garbage. If we had tea left over from making apot of tea we would put some of it on the house plants. The newspapers we would collect and put in a bundle, tied with string and take them to the recyclers. The plastic bags we would collect and take them back to the store where they recycled them. Hope this helps out a little with your question.

Answer 3

Certainly. As for food items, this recycling is no new thing to me. I grew up on a farm a lonnnngg time ago and my grandmother threw any fruits, grains, and vegetable peelings over the back fence to the chickens and hogs. Meat products were added to the barn cats' and hounds' diets. Today's options would be a compost bin which, when used, will enrich garden soil.
Old clothes, worn out sheets, towels, etc. went in a rag bag and were made into quilts or sold to the local newspaper office. Old oil drained from the vehicles was poured around cedar trees to keep the ticks away. The neighbors' guineas walked the old dirt road a quarter mile to "harvest" the ticks from our yard every day.

Answer 4

Everything can be recycled, but there is a point of diminishing returns, as when the larger percentage requires much larger costs. Paper, metal, can be recycled with minimal effort from the user or the recycler. Kitchen waste, as in food stuffs, can be composted. Such a thing requires a larger effort than to recycle cans, so it is done less frequently.

Answer 5

Recycling and reuse

Recycling involves the collection of used and discarded materials processing these materials and making them into new products. It reduces the amount of waste that is thrown into the community dustbins thereby making the environment cleaner and the air more fresh to breathe.

Surveys carried out by Government and non-government agencies in the country have all recognized the importance of recycling wastes. However, the methodology for safe recycling of waste has not been standardized. Studies have revealed that 7 %-15% of the waste is recycled. If recycling is done in a proper manner, it will solve the problems of waste or garbage. At the community level, a large number of NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) and private sector enterprises have taken an initiative in segregation and recycling of waste (EXNORA International in Chennai recycles a large part of the waste that is collected). It is being used for composting, making pellets to be used in gasifiers, etc. Plastics are sold to the factories that reuse them.

The steps involved in the process prior to recycling include
a) Collection of waste from doorsteps, commercial places, etc.
b) Collection of waste from community dumps.
c) Collection/picking up of waste from final disposal sites.

Some items that can be recycled or reused
Paper Old copies
Old books
Paper bags
Newspapers
Old greeting cards
Cardboard box
Plastic Containers
Bottles
Bags
Sheets
Glass and ceramics Bottles
Plates
Cup
Bowls
Miscellaneous Old cans
Utensils
Clothes
Furniture
Most of the garbage generated in the household can be recycled and reused. Organic kitchen waste such as leftover foodstuff, vegetable peels, and spoilt or dried fruits and vegetables can be recycled by putting them in the compost pits that have been dug in the garden. Old newspapers, magazines and bottles can be sold to the kabadiwala the man who buys these items from homes.

In your own homes you can contribute to waste reduction and the recycling and reuse of certain items. To cover you books you can use old calendars; old greeting cards can also be reused. Paper can also be made at home through a very simple process and you can paint on them

Answer 6

Different types require different recycling
All green waste goes to compost (no meat, feed it to your cat or dog)
"Tin" cans are actually steel and can bee recycled
All of your plastic is marked with a triangle of arrows representing recycling and they have a number in the middle, was everything and take to a recycler
Cardboard is also recyclable
Return your plastic shopping bags to the store

Answer 7

Yes composting is the most common way. Oil,s can be used in bio fuel,s. Water can be used to water gardens. I'm sure that there are other way,s to do so that i have not heard of. Do some research at your local library they know every thing.

Answer 8

Compost everything except meat and seafood. Feed the dog the rest.

Answer 9

yes it can be made it to compost that can be used in gardens and if you can find a farmer might be able to sell. how it is made is just put it all in a confined place and let it decompose. you can add a little soil an worms[or other bugs like them] to help with decomposeing.

Answer 10

Organic material, such as vegetable peelings and egg shells, can be composted. Cardboard boxes & packaging, tin or aluminum cans, and plastic containers can be recyled.

http://www.compostguide.com/