Walmart launches food scrap recycling pilot

By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling

Walmart has plans to launch pilot recycling programs for waste food at nine stores in Palm Beach County.

Food waste will be stored in locked dumpsters and will be picked up weekly by Quest Recycling Services, Walmart's recycling contractor, reports the Palm Beach Post. The service is expected to begin as soon as Quest finalizes agreements with municipalities and garbage haulers. The paper reports that stores in Lake Worth, Royal Palm Beach and a new location being built in North Palm Springs could be the first to begin collecting food waste for recycling.

The food will be hauled by Quest to Bartow, Florida where Organic Matters Inc. will process it for use in animal food. Palm Springs can terminate it agreement with Quest Recycling if the company doesn't adequately address complaints about public health or nuisance.

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