Conservancy manages residents’ waste
BLUE HILLS - The Greater Kyalami Conservancy, Green Neighbourhood Project and Earth Probiotic helped community members to manage their food waste better at Midfeeds in Blue Hills.
Conservancy chairperson Kristin Kallesen said, “It is crucial to separate wet and dry waste at source for successful recycling.” The conservancy and Gain Heron, co-founder of Earth Probiotic, informed the community about wet waste recycling and answered queries on the process.
The community was taught how to use bokashi probiotic technology to recycle food waste into soil food. The bokashi system ferments food waste in anaerobic bins, eliminates bad odours and ensures food waste can be composted or fed to earthworms safely and quickly.
Soil with fermented food waste is high in minerals, vitamins and organic matter, which is all the nutrients needed for plants and vegetables to grow.
Cooked and uncooked meat, bones, fish and dairy can be recycled.
Details: chair@gekco.co.za
