The present disclosure is directed to a process utilizing a compaction device that allows for preparing turf lawn clippings for ensiling. The lawn clippings are compacted using the compaction device at or near their source prior to the lawn clippings souring allowing preservation of the clippings. The lawn clippings are compacted to reduce an initial moisture content to a second lower moisture content suitable for ensiling.

Disclosed herein is a process for producing an animal feed having a defined nutritional profile from food waste. The process comprises accumulating successive batches of a plurality of food wastes that have been macerated and dehydrated, every batch of each of the plurality of food wastes having been sourced from the same one of a plurality of categorized producers of food waste and maintained separately at all times from others of the plurality of food wastes; independently mixing each of the accumulated batches of the macerated and dehydrated food wastes to produce a plurality of homogenized ingredients for an animal feed; analysing each of the homogenized ingredients to determine one or more nutritional parameters of the ingredient; and blending two or more of the homogenized ingredients to produce the animal feed having a defined nutritional profile.