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Nest co-founder Matt Rogers’ new startup is trash
- cjrp 4y agoSounds similar to what most UK councils provide as a service; they collect your food waste as part of the rubbish collection and send it off for anaerobic digestion to produce power/fertiliser[0]. The difference being this Mill service produces chicken feed, and costs $33/month. [0] https://www.biffa.co.uk/about-us/waste-journeys/food-recycling-and-anaerobic-digestion https://www.biffa.co.uk/about-us/waste-journeys/food-recycli...
- Kon-Peki 4y ago> When the bin is full, Mill automatically mails a box to return the waste back to the company, where it’s cleaned, sifted, pasteurized and bagged to be sold as chicken feed to farmers. > The goal is to eliminate the climate impact of food waste. Yes, we will eliminate the climate impact of food waste by mailing it around the country. Here’s an idea - how about getting together with your neighbors and having a local flock of chickens, not having an internet-connected trash can, not mailing your trash to a processing center, and not needing to drive to a store for some eggs.