I'm looking at doing a kettle corn stand side hustle. While the stand would produce waste, I'm trying to be as conscientiousness as I can.
I'm not endorsing anything in this
video (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV1qeEryAb8) but I like its clear explanation of the basics.
Generally, corn oil, corn kernels, and table sugar are added to a heated kettle to turn it into popcorn. The small bits are filtered out, table salt is added, and everything is mixed.
I'd like to
compost most of the waste, and I don't think the corn oil popped popcorn or sugar would be a problem (the biggest issue I have is the salt added later, or do you think the popcorn in general would already be too oily)? I was thinking of filtering out the small bits, stop, dump the unsalted filtered out bits into a bin to compost, swap to a different catch, salt the popcorn, bag it, and then reset for the next batch by (among other things) switching back to the non-salt filter catches. The salt catch bin collections would just be thrown away.
My biggest issue (I think) would be the with residual salt, unless everything was fully wiped down between batches (which wouldn't be practical).
Would composting this waste be beneficial, or would I slowly be salting my soil?
Another alternative is to have a separate compost bin and just for all the kettle corn filtered bits waste (just one catch bin collecting everything, including the salt). Other stuff could be added into the compost bin, but this salty waste could just be used for an asparagus patch.
Any thoughts or suggestions?