Making

Food
Waste a
Resource
(SWACO, 2020) 1
Hello!
Team Two Members
Avantika Ghosh
Liam Evans
Spencer Reardon
Joey Zhuo
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1.
Introduction
What is Food Waste?
▸ Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
2018 Wasted Food Report defined food waste
as plate waste, spoiled food, or peels and rinds
considered inedible that are managed in a
variety of methods other than donation to feed
people.

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Problems of Food Waste
931 million tonnes of 8 to 10% of global
food, or 17% of total food greenhouse gas
available to consumers are emissions are
wasted in a year. associated with the
decomposition of
When food are wasted, the landfilled food waste.
cost and resources to
produce and distribute
those food are wasted too.

(UN Environment Programme, 2021) 5

Our Objective
▸ Achieve a sustainable and economical approach
to food waste management in the Ohio
Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
(ODRC)

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2.
Current
Situation
Current Situation of Food Waste
In a Correctional Facility…
▸ Over 30% by weight of a disposal stream is food waste from the kitchen
area
Estimated Composition of Waste Generated at Correctional Facilities (by weight)

Source: CalRecycle. (2020). Correctional Facilities. CalRecycle.

https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/stateagency/agencytype/correctional 8
Current Situation of Food Waste
In the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction…

▸ Dispose of an estimated 13,520 tons of food waste each year

at landfills.

▸ It costs $1.4 million per year to send food waste from its
correctional facilities to landfills.

(Ohio EPA, 2013, September 30)

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 Causes of Food Waste
Population/Prisons Overproduction/Underconsumption Trimming/Spoiled Foods
▸ Overproduction caused 51% of
▸ 91,669 to ▸ Caused 35% and
the waste
1,476,847 3.5% of the food
Prisoners ▸ Chefs make 5 to 10 extra waste respectively
portions
▸ 500,000 lbs of
▸ Each inmate can contribute to spoiled food waste
▸ 1,404 to 1,943
1.2 pounds of food waste per
Prisons (Szczepanski, 2017)
day.
(Prison Policy
(Szczepanski, 2017)
Initiative, 2020)
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 Landfills

“ In 2018 146.1 million tons of

waste were landfilled 24.14%
of this waste was food

(EPA, 2018) 11
Global Warming

(NASA, 2021)
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3.
Solution
 Our Solution
▸ Anaerobic Digesters with Energy Converters
▹ Reduce food waste sent to landfills
▹ Convert food waste into resource
▸ Food Waste Detection Technology
▹ Weigh produced food waste
▹ Help with food waste reduction
▹ Guide future food production decisions

Greenwalt, 2016 14
 Anaerobic Digestion System

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Source: EPA’s AgSTAR Program. (2020). A Handbook for Developing Anaerobic Digestion/Biogas Systems on Farms in
the United States. AgSTAR Project Development Handbook, 430-B-20-001.
 Food Waste Detection Technology
Winnow Food Waste Technology

▸ The wastebin is placed on a

smart scale, which can capture
the weight of waste thrown into
the bin
▸ An AI detection system
connected to the Tablet will
recognize the type of food waste
and generate reports
▸ Can reduce food waste by
40-70% and reduce food costs
Adapted from: Mills, M. (2019, June 18). Winnow Solutions: Solving the
by 2-8% within a year
world's Food Waste. SevillaWorld.
https://sevillaworld.com/en/winnow-solutions-solving-the-worlds-food-waste/ 16
Proposed Program
Anaerobic Digester
and Energy
Analysis Converter Phase-Wise Rollout
gather data installation Cluster method

1 3 5

2 4 6

Initial Food Waste Detection Full-Implementation

Implementation Technology Installation Hand over access to
The Pilot Program ODRC

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4.
Budget
Digester and Energy Converter Budget
Cost per Unit Units Needed Total Cost

Anaerobic Digester with

Energy Converter $16,623.82 28 $465,466.96
Digester Installation
(Labor, Equipment, $8,145.67 28 $228,078.81
Construction)

Digester Maintenance $30,000.00 28 $840,000.00

$1,533,545.77

Adapted from: AgSTAR. (2012). Funding on-farm Anaerobic Digestion. AgSTAR.

https://beta.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-12/documents/funding_digestion.pdf
Lukehurst, C., & Bywater, A. (2015). Exploring the viability of small scale anaerobic digesters in livestock farming IEA bioenergy. IEA Bioenergy.
https://www.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Small_Scale_RZ_web2.pdf

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Food Waste Detection Technology Budget
Cost per Unit Units Needed Total Cost

Food Waste Technology

(Winnow) $6,000.00 84 $504,000.00

IT Staffing $408,000.00 1 $408,000.00

IT Utilities for
Installation $80,000.00 1 $80,000.00

IT Maintenance $18,500.00 1 $18,500.00

$1,010,500.00

Adapted from: Mills, M. (2019, June 18). Winnow Solutions: Solving the world's Food Waste. SevillaWorld.
https://sevillaworld.com/en/winnow-solutions-solving-the-worlds-food-waste/; Perdomo, R. (2021, May 7). How to make an IT budget (+it budget template).
Cybersecurity ,IT Managed Services, Software. https://blog.systems-x.com/make-an-it-budget
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Proposed Budget vs ODRC Budget

ODRC 2021 Budget: $1,987,653,370.00

(West, 2019)

Proposed First Year Budget: $2,544,045.77

0.128 % of ODRC 2021 Budget

Proposed Post First Year Budget: $1,850,500.00

0.093 % of ODRC 2021 Budget

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70,000 M³
(Lukehurst & Bywater, 2015)
Biogas collected annually

420,000 kWh Energy produced

(AQPER, 2018)

$51,618 Annual savings

$1,548,540 Expected lifespan savings

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1000+ Tons Digestate collected annually

$11 per Ton Wholesale price

(Alexander, 2012)

$11,000+ Annual sales

$330,000+ Expected lifespan sales

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Conclusion
The implementation of our products can help achieve effective
food waste management while also earning ODRC some revenue,
and thereby can set an example for other prison systems to
follow.

Next Step...
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Moving Forward
Reducing food waste requires long-term efforts and support of
each individual.

We will continue to optimize our solutions and programs to

implement in more institutions.

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Reference List
AgSTAR. (2012). Funding on-farm Anaerobic Digestion. AgSTAR.
https://beta.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-12/documents/funding_digestion.pdf

Alexander, R. (2012, January 12). Digestate utilization in the U.S. BioCycle.

https://www.biocycle.net/digestate-utilization-in-the-u-s/

AQPER. (2018). How much energy is there in biogas? AQPER.

https://www.aqper.com/en/how-much-energy-is-there-in-biogas

CalRecycle. (2020). Correctional Facilities. CalRecycle.

https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/stateagency/agencytype/correctional

EPA’s AgSTAR Program. (2020). A Handbook for Developing Anaerobic Digestion/Biogas Systems on Farms in
the United States. AgSTAR Project Development Handbook,
430-B-20-001. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-12/documents/agstar-handbook.pdf

Lukehurst, C., & Bywater, A. (2015). Exploring the viability of small scale anaerobic digesters in livestock farming
IEA bioenergy. IEA Bioenergy.
https://www.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Small_Scale_RZ_web2.pdf

Mills, M. (2019, June 18). Winnow Solutions: Solving the world's Food Waste. SevillaWorld.
https://sevillaworld.com/en/winnow-solutions-solving-the-worlds-food-waste/ 26
Reference List cont.
NASA. (2021, August 26). The effects of climate change. Global Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov

Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. (2020, November). 2018 Wasted Food Report. epa.gov.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-11/documents/2018_wasted_food_report-11-9-20_final_.pdf

Ohio EPA. (2013, September 30). Ohio EPA News releases. Scrapping and Saving: NCI Composts Food Waste,
Models Significant Savings Nationwide Thanks to ODRC, Ohio EPA and Local SWMD Partnership,
Grant.
https://www.epa.state.oh.us/News/Online-News-Room/News-Releases/scrapping-and-saving-nci-composts
-food-waste-models-significant-savings-nationwide-thanks-to-odrc-ohio-epa-and-local-swmd-partnership-g
rant

Perdomo, R. (2021, May 7). How to make an IT budget (+it budget template). Cybersecurity ,IT Managed Services,
Software. https://blog.systems-x.com/make-an-it-budget

Sawyer, W. & Wagner, P. (2020, March 24). Mass incarceration: The whole pie 2020. Mass Incarceration: The
Whole Pie 2020 | Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html

SWACO. (2020, August 26). Share the campaign. Save More Than Food - Central Ohio Food Waste Initiative.
https://savemorethanfood.org/share-the-campaign/.

Szczepanski, M. (2018, April 10). How overproduction is food waste's biggest culprit and opportunity.Waste360.
https://www.waste360.com/food-waste/how-overproduction-food-waste-s-biggest-culprit-and-opportunity
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Reference List cont.
West, M. (2019, August). Greenbook - LBO Analysis of Enacted Budget - Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction. lsc.ohio.gov.
https://www.lsc.ohio.gov/documents/budget/133/MainOperating/greenbook/DRC.PDF

UNEP. (2021, March 4). UN: 17% of all food available at consumer levels is wasted. UNEP.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-17-all-food-available-consumer-levels-wasted

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Thanks!
Any questions?