While Tuesday was officially Earth Day, at the Divert, Inc. facility in west Turlock, working to make the planet a better place to live is a year-round endeavor. California State Treasurer Fiona Ma got an up-close look at how Divert is tackling the wasted food crisis during a tour of the facility on Earth Day.
“I was last here about two and half years ago for the groundbreaking and today, we’re going to be doing a tour to see all of the amazing processes that they are doing to divert 100,000 tons of unsold food every year, offsetting 97,000 metric tons of carbon. And this is not just data, this is climate action,” said Fiona Ma.
“We are all stewards and responsible for caring for the earth…so diverting precious resources out of our landfills to change it and convert it into reusable, sustainable biogas is what this plant is all about.”
The importance of recycling as an environmental practice and an economic driver is a top priority for Fiona Ma’s lieutenant governor campaign.
