ROI of Commercial Food Waste Disposers | Cost Reduction Guide | AIC

1. Overwhelming Reduction in Disposal Costs (Fixed Costs)

The processing costs for commercial food waste are on an upward trend year by year. About 80% of food waste is “moisture," meaning we are paying high transportation fees just to transport “water." By processing (extinguishing) it on-site with a disposer, this wasteful cost is drastically compressed.

• Cut Collection Costs: Reduce monthly waste transportation and disposal costs by hundreds of thousands to millions of yen annually.
• Improve Profit Margins: The reduced expenses directly add to operating profit, having the same impact as an increase in sales.
• Reliable Investment Recovery: Through lease introduction, there are many cases where “cost reduction amount > lease fee" from the very first month, improving cash flow.

2. Improvement of the Work Environment and Countermeasures for “Labor Shortages"

Transporting and storing heavy, foul-smelling food waste is a major stress for employees (dirty, dangerous, and demanding work) and a hidden cause of turnover. Removing this burden from the workplace serves as a powerful employee retention measure in an era of hiring difficulties.

• Focus on Core Tasks: Reduce the time spent taking out the trash and shift resources to highly productive tasks like customer service and manufacturing.
• Prevent Turnover & Improve Retention: Prevent the generation of bad odors and pests, providing a clean and comfortable work environment.
• Eliminate Hygiene Risks (Infections): By not accumulating garbage within the facility, serious management risks such as mass infections and foreign matter contamination are prevented proactively.

3. Concrete Contributions to SDGs and ESG Management

“Not burning garbage" is the most effective decarbonization action a company can take immediately. A stance on environmental consideration directly leads to improved evaluations from business partners and increased corporate value as a target for ESG investment.

• Significant CO2 Reduction: Avoid the incineration of moisture-rich food waste, achieving zero emissions.
• Enhancement of Corporate Value: Can be clearly highlighted in environmental reports as a contribution to SDGs “Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)" and “Goal 13 (Climate Action)."

✨ Extinction Type (GOMISER)

Decomposes food waste 99.9% into “water and carbon dioxide gas" using the power of microbes. Because no residue remains, there is absolutely no effort required to extract or dispose of compost. Electricity costs are low, making it the easiest method to operate.

△ Composting Type (Bio-type)

A type that turns food waste into compost. While suitable for facilities where composting is the goal, there are many cases where there is no one to take the resulting compost, leading to situations where money is paid to dispose of it as industrial waste (involving the heavy labor of extraction).

△ Drying Type

A type that evaporates moisture with hot air. Although the volume is reduced, it consumes a massive amount of energy (electricity, gas, etc.) to dry the waste, resulting in extremely high running costs.

[Issue] Combined with waste such as diapers, bad odors and infection risks at the garbage area became a problem. The retention rate of cleaning staff was also poor due to the transport of heavy food waste.
[Result] By introducing GOMISER, generated food waste could be instantly extinguished and processed within the kitchen. The odor problem was completely resolved, and the elimination of heavy labor significantly improved the staff retention rate.

[Issue] Enormous electricity bills from old drying-type disposers were squeezing profits. Also, they were looking for the “next move" to achieve company-wide SDGs goals.
[Result] By replacing it with an extinction type that utilizes microbial heat, running costs dropped drastically. Furthermore, the “CO2 reduction effect due to eliminating incineration" was quantified, allowing it to be highlighted to shareholders and business partners as a centerpiece measure in the environmental report.

[Issue] With the previously introduced composting-type disposer, the heavy labor of regularly shoveling out the resulting compost occurred, and it eventually fell out of use.
[Result] Changed to GOMISER, which produces no residue. Because waste can be continually added 24 hours a day without the need for draining water, on-site staff happily use it, leading to a reliable reduction in industrial waste outsourcing costs.

The Return on Investment (ROI) period for introducing an extinction-type food waste disposer varies depending on the current waste disposal costs and utility bills at your facility.

We provide free customized simulation data that clearly shows “how much cost can be reduced" and “how many years it will take to recover the investment." Please feel free to use this as material for internal approval by management.