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Long-term and extended care
A care home kitchen never closes, so its organics bin never empties. An Eco Digester takes plate and prep scraps as the trays come back and turns them into grey water within about a day. We lease it, install it, service it, and watch it.
The problem
Nova Scotia's food code, which covers long-term care kitchens, expects waste containers to be emptied when full or at least daily, often enough to limit odours and pests.
Ontario researchers found that offering residents a choice at every meal is the main reason so much food is prepared and not eaten. The waste is built into good care, so it has to go somewhere.
Every bin is a trip from the dish room to the dock, usually made by the people you least want pulled off the floor.
Organics pickups are billed whether the bin is full or not.
The fit
On castors, with hot and cold water, a floor drain, and a power outlet. The sizes that suit most homes, up to the LFC-100, plug into a standard 15 A outlet.
Staff tip scraps in as trays come back. The unit weighs each load and digests continuously, so nothing is stored.
The unit, installation, consumables, service, monitoring, and a swap-out if it ever fails. No capital cost.
A monthly diversion report from certified weights: kilograms digested and CO2e avoided, using Power Knot's published factor.
The numbers
In service
About 150 residents and more than 450 meals a day. The home's unit digested an average of 2,137 kg a month in 2022.
160 residents. An LFC-70 went in with the new building in 2022.
Reference installs from Power Knot case studies.
The rules where you are
Whether on-site digestion counts toward your province's diversion rule, and whether your water utility accepts the grey water, is confirmed in writing as part of the site assessment, before anything is installed.