The Philadelphia Flyers home opener Wednesday night will also mark the start of a new composting initiative at the Wells Fargo Center.
Waste Management in partnership with arena owner Comcast-Spectacor and the arena’s food services vendor, Aramark will begin collecting and composting the food waste from the Wells Fargo Center’s kitchens. Patty Barthel, a spokeswoman for Waste Management, said almost 75 percent of the waste generated by commercial food operations can be composted.
Under the initiative which will apply to all events at the 21,000-seat arena, Aramark’s kitchens have been equipped with special containers for food waste. The containers will be emptied into larger food waste containers that Waste Management will empty after each hockey game. Waste Management will transport the food waste to a composting center in Delaware where it will be turned into compost and organic soil products for home, farm and landscaping use.
The food waste that will be composted at the Wells Fargo Center are fruit and vegetables; meat, poultry and seafood; bakery items and ingredients; coffee grounds, filters, tea bags; milk, juices and cartons without plastic spouts; dairy products; paper products; waxed paper and paperboard; and plants and cut flowers. Items that cannot be composted include plastics, metals, glass, plastic foam, twist ties, rubber bands, wire, tape, rope, twine, grease and oil.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal
By John George