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[Via the delicious Wasted Food blog:]

Using excreta in the digesters helps manage human waste at source and avoids ground water contamination. BIOTECH’S use of latrines is considered to be a major breakthrough in combating water and air-pollution. Mrs Anna Benedict from Kumbalangi island panchayat, comments: “Before we had the plant, all the waste went into the sea. Now we have a latrine and biogas plant, the waste is treated properly.”

BIOTECH is a company that sets up waste digesters in Kerala. A small digester for a home can produce two hours’ worth of gas a day. The effluent is suitable for fertilizer. Larger plants use waste from the municipal fish market.

Makes me wonder what the local municpal fish markets do with their waste.

Treehugger points to a portable biomass generator as well.

Fruit, especially expensive fruit, is now often sold in little foam sleeves.

Before you get too upset about this practice, though, think about the amount of energy it takes to grow and transport a banana to your local grocery store. If the banana gets damaged, it’s going into the waste stream uneaten, as does about half of the food in the US, according to a study by Timothy Jones of the University of Arizona. [Link via the hyper-specialized Wasted Food blog. I am so happy that there is a wasted food blog.]