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July 07, 2018, 05:56:48 AM |
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The UK Organic Food Waste industry is valued at approximately £500 million of which only 18% is realised by the few waste management operators existing in the UK. Consequently there are wasted opportunities and these need to be tackled. At a forum held in Rome in 2014 a senior UN official of the Food and Agricultural Organisation said that if current rates of soil degradation continues all of the worlds top soil could be gone within 60 years. This is caused by extensive farming methods including the use of chemicals and pesticides. This is a problem that urgently needs addressing and converting unwanted organic materials into organic fertiliser helps prevent this effect and create a naturally closed loop cycle.
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