Industrial Composting with the Heron IVC from Earth Probiotic

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…

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Bokashi Bucket Composting

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,…

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Food (waste) for thought

You may remember we posted an article around 6 months ago, Food Waste: Beating Bourgeois Etiquette, which raised fundamental questions about our food culture, and the values which make wasting food more socially acceptable than thrifty consumption. The Institute of Waste Management of South Africa ( IWMSA) estimates that between 12 to 14 million people…

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