Organic Fertilizer - Converted Organics, Inc.

New York generates more than 3600 tons per day of commercial food waste each and every day. The Hunts point terminal market located in the South Bronx is the worlds largest food distribution facility and alone generates more than 100 tons of organic food waste per day. The cost of disposal of one ton of sold waste has doubled between 1997 and 2001 and continues to rise at a steady rate. In addition since the loss of the Fresh Kills Landfill all waste must be exported to other states exposing the city to the politics of inter-state waste disposal, making it eager to find more suitable cost effective waste management solutions.

In the fist year of operation the Converted Organics facility will divert more than 60,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be trucked through local neighborhoods to out of state landfills. Within five years the Converted Organics Facility is projected to increase capacity to more than 150,000 tons of solid food waste per year. The Converted Organics Facility will create jobs, reduce waste related truck traffic, reduce landfill use, reduce greenhouse gasses and convert food waste into an all natural organic fertilizer product that is good for the environment and for improving agriculture and healthier foods.