PULASKI, Wis. (WFRV) – Wings, pizza and comfort food are often staples during the Super Bowl—but so is waste.
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“[There is] about 2,000 tons of food wasted during the Super Bowl every year,” Greener Bay Compost founder Cory Groshek said. “That’s about 10 blue whales in weight.”
Greener Bay Compost picks up food waste from homes and local businesses. That waste gets turned into compost, which is eventually resold as a soil amendment.
Groshek says food waste creates long-term issues when it ends up in the landfill.
“Composting food waste is important because when it doesn’t, it ends up in the landfill,s leaking methane into the environment,” Groshek said. “It also wastes a lot of taxpayer money.”
Instead of spending multiple decades managing food waste, Groshek said composting keeps the nutrients where they belong, back in the earth.
“You never get back the vitamins and nutrients when you send it to a landfill, but you get back when you compost it,” Groshek said.
Its commen for people to compost fruits and veggies at home. But during big moments like the Super Bowl, that waste looks a little different.
“At a facility like ours, contrary to popular belief, we compost all those things,” Groshek said. “All those greasy fat comfort foods that people eat during the Super Bowl, we can compost all those things.”
Greener Bays’ facility has the resources that typical backyard compost piles do not.
“The piles get very hot, which kills off the harmful bacteria. We can manage the odor and keep the critters out in a way you can’t do at home,” Groshek said.
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Grochek’s Greener Bay is the only recreational compost company in Northeast Wisconsin.
“We are the only organization that’s picking up food waste exclusively,” Groshek said.
