Have you ever wondered what industrial composting looks like? How does it work? What is the cost compared to disposing of food waste in a landfill? We caught up with Gavin Heron from Earth Probiotic to find out about the locally made Heron IVC Composter and the results from their pilot study at the Tshwane…
Composting is all good and well if you have a house with a garden. What happens when you live in a small space? What about flat residents or a home with a small balcony or courtyard? There are some great composting solutions to explore. One of the more popular methods is a Bokashi Bucket system,…
South African fly farm, AgriProtein, is making waves with its innovative and back to basics approach to manufacturing farm feed. Watch this fascinating video to see how AgriProtein are using using food waste to farm maggots, which creates feed for chickens and pigs, replacing the fishmeal they are often fed. The process also makes natural…
The City of Cape Town invited homeowners to apply for free compost bins in its latest move to become a zero-waste society. They are providing free home composting containers to help city residents compost their organic household waste and create a good compost system. Healthy compost feeds nutrients back into soil, retaining moisture and can…
GREEN HOME’s founder and MD, Catherine Morris, spoke at the 2015 Trash Trek Challenge held in Cape Town. This is a international challenge for children from the ages of 9 – 16 to look at all the issues around waste and come up with solutions in various different ways. There were a wide range of…
We visited a client’s premises the other day and they showed us around their onsite composting setup. This client operates a canteen for a large institution so deals with a significant amount of food waste. They have chosen to manage their composting onsite in these tunnels. All food waste and compostables are composted and then…
Food waste sent to landfill is not only a huge waste of a potentially valuable resource but it also causes harm to the environment. Most importantly, food waste in landfills rots, releasing harmful gasses into the atmosphere (435kgs of CO2e per ton). It also attracts pests and is unhygienic. More and more, kitchens and events…
We wrote about the City of Cape Town conducting a study around introducing home composting as a waste management solution in this article. The study has passed its midpoint and “although the results reflect varying levels of participation among the registered households, the amount of organic waste diverted from landfill is encouraging.” The rate of…
Imagine a Cape Town where households practice composting of organic waste either at home or via community composting centers and food gardens? It could become a reality depending on the success of the pilot project currently being conducted by the City of Cape Town. Of the approximately 1.6 million tons of waste sent to Cape Town’s landfills…
