Ralphs/Food 4 Less/the Kroger Co. is celebrating the opening of its innovative clean-energy production facility that will convert food that can't be sold or donated into clean energy to help power its Compton distribution center while reducing waste. The event will take place at 10 a.m., Wednesday May 15th.
Wednesday's event will include a visual tour of the multi-stage energy recovery system and remarks Los Angeles Business Council President Mary Leslie, CalRecycle Director Caroll Mortensen and local elected officials.
The Kroger Recovery System is designed and operated by FEED Resource Recovery Inc., a clean technology company founded in Boston, Mass in 2007. The system uses anaerobic digestion, a naturally occurring process, to transform unsold organics and onsite food-processing effluent into renewable biogas. This biogas is then turned into power for onsite operations. The process is carried out in an enclosed, oxygen-free environment, which means the process takes up less space and generates no odors. The system will provide enough renewable biogas to offset more than 20% of the energy demand of the Ralphs/Food 4 Less distribution center. Other environmental benefits include reduced diesel truck trips by 500,000 miles per year; recycling of 7 million pounds of cardboard, plastic and metal; reduction of 134 tons of waste per day; and generating enough renewable energy to power more than 8,000 homes per year.
WHAT: | Opening of Kroger Recovery System |
WHEN: | Wednesday, May 15th |
10 a.m. | |
WHO: | Los Angeles Business Council President Mary Leslie |
CalRecycle Director Caroll Mortensen, | |
Compton Mayor Eric J. Perrodin (invited) | |
FEED President Nick Whitman | |
WHERE: | Ralphs/Food 4 Less Distribution Center |
1100 W. Artesia Blvd. | |
Compton, CA 90220 | |
CONTACT: | Kendra Doyel (310) 884-4141 |
/PRNewswire/ -- May 14, 2013
SOURCE Ralphs/Food 4 Less
