Living in the desert of Las Vegas and work I g in a casino that separates food waste from plastics and other wastes; I often wonder if the food waste in high amounts could give life to the soil or would it just be a biohazard to try to mix it into the earth to bring back nutrients.

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Was wondering if deep trenches where filled out in the desert with food bio-waste. Could we perform small scale terra-forming? Would it just end up creating a mess. Kinda wonder of we could even bank away useable biomass in the deserts even.

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Answer 1

This is actively done in many cities, and often times large companies will buy food waste for fertilizer as it is cost efficient.

The only thing you have to do to food waste to make it usable is to compost it.

Though I don’t do this, i do compost left over clippings from plants and my grass to make fertilizer.