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by Mistletoe 2y ago
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>As for what happens to all the rinds from that mountain of oranges Tropicana processes, the nutrition in them (and apparently there is a lot) eventually comes back to us in the form of hamburgers. Tropicana and other processors dry the rinds, chop them up, and sell them for cattle feed.
- netsharc 2y ago> the company would be allowed to dump its discarded orange peel at no cost on degraded land in the park. > The juice company agreed to the deal, and some 12,000 tonnes of waste orange peel carried by a convoy of 1,000 truckloads was unceremoniously dumped on virtually lifeless soils at the site. I guess they weren't doing this cattle feed deal back then, since evidently it was more economical for them to find a free dumping ground? Maybe they produce too much of it: 12000 tonnes, that's the cargo capacity of ninety 747s...
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoThe dumping was close to the factory so they saved money in shipping costs right there.
- netsharc 2y agoI guess they weren't selling the rinds to cattle feed producers (or maybe only a low percentage of it, and have to figure out how to get rid of the rest). If the rinds were being sold, they'd be sold at a profit or at least try to be cost-neutral.