Central Huron Council Looking At New Way Of Getting Rid Of Food Waste

by Bob Montgomery

Central Huron Council is looking into the potential for a new food waste processor that reduces the amount of waste that goes to the land fill.

Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn says council got a demonstration at last night's meeting of how the food waste processor chops up and drys out food waste so that the end result is something like a compost. The benefit is it doesn't have to go to the land fill. Ginn says the processor would sit on a kitchen counter and the food waste is put into it. There's a charcoal filter on them to erase odours, or they can be put outside or in the garage without the filters.

Ginn says some municipalities are already using them so Central Huron council has asked staff to check with those municipalities about the results they're getting. Ginn says in some cases the municipalities are subsidizing some of the cost and the big question for Central Huron is should the municipality be subsidizing the units or should they just do the homework and make sure they work and then pass that information on to their residents.