Ryde Hospital is playing its part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with its new food waste processor. 

Also fittingly known as the food muncher, the processor converts 100kg of food waste into 10kg of organic compost every week with the compost used to fertilise the hospital’s gardens. It heats and mixes the food waste to process it into compost in just a few days.

Ryde Hospital General Manager Heather Gough said the initiative prevents over five tonnes of patient food waste being transported offsite into landfill.

“Our food services and engineering staff are thrilled to be part of this innovative method of managing waste, instigated by our Sustainable Future Committee and endorsed by the NSLHD Planetary Health Committee," she said.