Welcome to the City of Hamilton Central Composting Facility operated by Aim Environmental Group. This facility was designed to process 60000 tons of source separated organic material per year by incorporating some of the worlds most innovative composting technologies. The design team at Maple Reinders, Aim Environmental Group and our partners at van Kaathoven Group and Christiaens Group collaborated to bring the finest in European, in-vessel tunnel technology to produce a system known for rapid decomposition of organic feedstock and the production of Ontarios highest grade compost. The material that is brought to our facility is inspected before being loaded into a shredder. The material is conveyed under a cross belt magnet to remove any metal contaminants before it is loaded into one of the ten Phase 1 tunnels. The shredded waste is distributed in uniform layers over the tunnel, which is equipped with a heating system, an aerated floor and a sprinkler system to nourish the microorganisms responsible for decomposing the organic matter. It will remain in the Phase 1 tunnel for 10-14 days. The material is then moved to one of six Phase 2 tunnels, where the material is further broken down and pasteurized in order to meet strict regulations. This second phase takes 7 to 10 days, and after cooling, the material is ready to be screened. The highly efficient screening plant is able to extract plastics, stones and other ferrous material from the compost in one pass. It also ...
Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
How to Compost : Learn Organic Garden Composting Online : Choosing a Compost Bin
What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video. Expert: Gale Gassiot Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or "gardener's black gold."
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Bio Mate - Organic Waste Composting Process
www.weimarbiotech.com BIO-MATE is an in-vessel fully automated on-site composting machine that operates using electricity. It requires very minimal maintenance and it is user friendly. By using our high-temperature aerobic enzyme, organic waste can be fully compost in between 24-48 hours. Our composting process is an aerobic process, therefore bulk agent such as wood chips, rice husk, paperboard, etc is needed for the composting process. Once organic waste (eg food waste, meat, fish, bean curd lees, etc) is collected, it can be charge into the tank directly. It can be discharge on a daily or weekly basis based on the need and want of the individual. Then end product can be used as fertilizer conditioner.
Monday, November 14, 2011
How Does Composting Work? Understanding the Science of Compost
Whether you are aware of it or not, there are many factors that are hard at work in your compost pile. The two most important factors in compost are:
• The amount and variety of organisms in the compost;
• The various components and their chemical make up
There are various micro organisms that have their own part to play in the chemical process of decomposing all organic materials. These include:
• Fungi - these are very small, however they carry out some of the most complex activities in decomposition. They survive on materials that are dead or dying and they take their energy from the process of breaking down those organic materials.
• Actinomycetes - these are somewhat similar to fungi; however they are a much higher form of bacteria. These little organisms are what produce that "earthy" smell in your compost pile. They work to free the carbon, nitrogen and ammonia from everything in the pile and turn the materials into an almost peat-like substance.
• Bacteria - they can survive on just about anything, living or dead. They are very sensitive to temperature and as the temperature of your compost pile increases or decreases, they either become very active or inactive.
• Macro-organisms - these are the little creatures that you can see with your naked eye - including snails, slugs, ants, worms, sow bugs, spiders, mites, nematodes and flies. These creatures work to transform your raw materials into compost by chewing, digesting, churning, grinding and sucking the materials.
In addition to these creatures, your compost requires other factors to work. These include the carbon to nitrogen ratio, the surface area exposed, temperature, moisture and oxygen.
Carbon and nitrogen need to have a certain ratio to be effective in compost. The carbon is in materials that are "brown", such as shredded paper and straw, while the nitrogen portion is things such as kitchen waste and grass clippings. Once you start adding things to your pile, you will see how important this ratio is for successful composting.
The surface area allows for more successful decomposition by your micro organism friends. The larger the area, the more room they have to work. Aeration is crucial because oxygen is the main requirement for decomposition. This means that you need to actually mix up your compost at least once per week to add in enough air. The entire pile should not be too wet (you should not be able to squeeze water from a handful of material). Temperature is very crucial as well. If your pile's temperature is too low, it will slow the rate of decomposition.
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