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An example of the Earth Garden. Picture: EARTH PROBIOTIC

How to create your own food waste garden

Eight wooden stakes, 30cm of fabric and a hammer is all you need to install the latest DIY food waste recycling garden. The concept was created by Karen Heron, founder and CEO of Earth Probiotic, a food waste composting company. “I saw a need for...
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Wanted: participants for compost project

Picture: A static compost heap on the Welgevallen Experimental Farm in Stellenbosch. (Photo: Dr Elmi Lötze) Wanted: school hostels, feeding schemes, or community gardens in the Boland that want to dispose of their large volumes of garden refuse or...
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Maximising composting capacity

Landfill Consulting has carved a profitable niche for itself in the beneficiation of green waste into compost for the City of Cape Town. James Kamau of Mfangano, dedicated distributors of the Rayco range of products, discusses how just one initial...