(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Food waste from restaurants, grocery stores, hotels, caterers, breweries, food processing-manufacturing plants, cafeterias, hospitals, schools and universities is processed, Sept. 1, 2021. Wasatch Resource Recovery produces a fertilizer and natural gas from decomposing food. The facility processes organic waste which includes food scraps, liquid waste and manufacturing food waste. The process, in operation since 2019, turns the organic matter into sustainable resources, biogas and bio-based fertilizer and the facility will pilot a food scraps pickup program for residents.
Shelley is a reporter on The Tribune's Innovation Lab team, where she reports on how businesses, nonprofits and governments can address community problems.