Remedios Avila cleans the compost machine twice a day with wet cardboard. The Division of Housing & Food Service has composted over 250 tons of food waste between September 2011 and September 2012.
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Chef Ernest Owney chops vegetables for Kinsolving’s Monday lunch rush. Owney says they use as much of the vegetables as they can, and they compost the rest.
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Kinsolving food prep employee Ruthie Messenger prepares leftover food Monday afternoon to give to local homeless shelters.
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Remedios Avila washes dishes and sends discarded food down the single-stream composting system.
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The system allows for efficient composting, going straight from the sink, through a pipe system, and to the compost machine.
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