EcoScraps
Gilz
There is a group in Utah USA called EcoScraps that was started by two brothers who, after having a large breakfast at their local restaurant, speculated on the huge amount of waste food they saw being thrown out. The one brother started experimenting with waste food and after much trial and error, EcoScraps was born.
EcoScraps collects food waste, which would otherwise be thrown away, and through a completely organic process turns it into high quality soil conditioner. Through our proprietary process we are able to reduce landfill waste and methane emissions.
This soil conditioner has the same nutrient values as chemical based soil amendments while being organic. Our products are composed of ingredients selected and combined in scientifically determined proportions to produce ideal nutrient and organic content to the soil.
EcoScraps products enrich the soil, helping you grow healthier plants in the most environmentally friendly way.
EcoScaps History
People always ask how we came up with this idea. I don’t know what kind of answer they expect, but they are always a little surprised when we tell them how it started.
In the winter of 2009 my brother and I were eating an all-you-can-eat breakfast at Magelby’s Fresh, a Provo favourite. After gorging ourselves on their famous French Toast, we threw out what we hadn’t eaten. We looked around the restaurant and couldn’t believe how much food was being thrown away not only by ourselves but a large number of other customers.
On our way home, we started talking about ways to monetize on people’s food waste. One idea led to another, and eventually we developed our own system of composting food waste.
In the early days of EcoScraps, I went dumpster diving in my free time to find food scraps to experiment with. Then I’d chop and blend them in my kitchen and compost them in garbage cans in my apartment complex parking lot. After a good deal of experimentation with various, all-natural ingredients, a successful formula was developed and an environmentally friendly compost product was born.
Since then EcoScraps has continued to grow.
Today we have 11 employees and have received several awards including placing second in the BYU Social Venture Competition, winning the Peoples Choice at the BYU Social Venture Competition and being named a Sparkseed Fellow. We plan to expand into several more states including Arizona, Colorado and Oregon.
This one bag of soil conditioner reduces greenhouse gasses as much as parking your car for one week! Decomposing food fills up one-fourth of our landfills and produces almost as much methane gas as all the cars being driven. EcoScraps recycles food waste into this nutrient-rich soil conditioner. Instead of clogging landfills and gassing the air we breathe, EcoScraps products enrich your soil, helping you grow healthier plants in the most environmentally friendly way.
The EcoScapes Kit
EcoScapes kit includes:
• ¼ cubic foot bag of EcoScraps potting mix
• One 4.25” terra cotta pot
• One Paperwhite flower bulb
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
Lets hope South Africa catches on quickly…
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