Processing food waste at the work site
Food waste and FOGO streams are wet, heavy and often contaminated with plastics. FlipScreen screens composted food waste to remove contaminants and produce a cleaner compost.
Begin by identifying the fraction of food waste you want to recover and where each output will go. A compatible FlipScreen attachment combines collection and size separation in the carrier’s working cycle, allowing the operator to place screened material and retained oversize into separate, planned areas.
Choosing a screen for food waste
The selected mesh aperture determines which material passes through and which is retained. Match the screen and bucket configuration to the feed characteristics, the carrier’s capacity and the project requirements. A material trial is a practical way to assess the result before committing to a production workflow.
The moisture level and degree of breakdown influence the screening behaviour of food waste. Check representative batches and keep finished material separate from incoming feed. Size separation does not establish maturity, hygiene or freedom from contamination; assess those requirements separately before sale, spreading or reuse.
Plan your food waste screening setup
Provide the FlipScreen team with your carrier make and model, hydraulic specifications, expected feed size and the result you need from food waste. Include the material’s condition and any site restrictions so a suitable attachment and screen configuration can be assessed. Plan stockpile positions and material movements before work begins to avoid mixing the separated fractions again.
Food waste and FOGO streams are wet, heavy and often contaminated with plastics. FlipScreen screens composted food waste to remove contaminants and produce a cleaner compost.
Food waste
Food waste: screening advantages
How it works: Screen composted or partly processed food waste to remove plastics and oversize.
The result: Cleaner compost with fewer visible contaminants.
Interchangeable screens: Use a coarse screen for early stages and finer screens for the final product. One FlipScreen, multiple products from the same stockpile.
Why FlipScreen wins: Wet food waste blinds shaker screens, and a stationary plant ties up a loader. FlipScreen screens it with one machine.
One machine, one operator: FlipScreen turns your excavator into a mobile screening plant for food waste, with no loader feeding a separate screen.
No more blinded screens: Wet food waste sticks to ordinary meshes. Fit the brush kit and FlipScreen keeps the apertures open and production moving.
Easy to run: Smart Valve takes the guesswork out of hydraulic settings. It's plug and play, with smooth, consistent operation every time.
Bottom line: Helps composters lift product quality and reduce rejected loads.