New Zealand has a new composting network, an online platform that connects foodservice businesses with industrial composters. Backed by restaurateur Nic Watt, the network aims to reduce part of the 157,389 tonnes of food waste created by New Zealand each year, the weight of 271 jumbo jets. (Source)
Compost Connect is a timely service – from today, July 1, 2021, New Zealand’s municipal waste levies will double to $20 per tonne (and will increase six-fold by 2025).
Watt has grave concerns for the future of New Zealand and is imploring others in the hospitality sector to join Compost Connect and divert waste from landfills and dispose of it in a more ethical way.
Watt is a Compost Connect member at his waterside restaurant, Akarana Eatery, and explains, “It is frightening to think about how much waste the foodservice industry creates, and how much of that is going straight to landfill. We owe it to our children, and their children, to do the right thing – and it’s not difficult to dispose of compostable waste responsibly.”
A not-for-profit organisation developed by sustainable packaging manufacturer BioPak, Compost Connect connects businesses to composters and compostable packaging and provides access to products, services, and information that allows them to participate in the circular and regenerative platform.