THE BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTING

Wherever compost is been made it can help the environment and give strength to the soil. It makes use of organic waste that would rather be piled in dumps polluting the environment and causing more harm to people and the environment and get to creates nutrient-rich materials to grow plants or raise gardens. Industrial composting makes use of specialized equipment such as a compost turner machine, more space, and sophisticated monitoring systems for its operations unlike home composting which make use of basic tools and processes. Bigger facilities can process larger volumes of compost materials and more types of waste resources. This will give access to a larger quantity of compost for industrial use because a compost turner machine is more sophisticated than home composting pieces of equipment. Below are the  works of an industrial composting machine;

1. Reception and Storage Organic Waste: The industrial composting process begins with the arrival of organic waste. These wastes can be from various places such as restaurants, grocery stores, food vendors, farmers, ranchers, and even individuals. The wastes are stored in the holding area until it is time to be processed by the compost turner machine.
2. Pre-processing organic waste: Once the organic waste is received, it needs to be pre-processed before any other thing is done. This involves having to separate non-compostable materials, such as plastic or metal. The usable materials are then chopped up into small pieces and further organized into types.

3: Creating compost windrows: After the organic wastes have been pre-processed, then you create compost windrows. These are long rows of organic wasted that are turned to aerate the material and help speed up the composting process. Windrows are usually about 3 to 12 feet high and 9 to 20 feet wide, though they can be larger or smaller depending on the size of the compost-turner machine.

4: Mixing the compost windrows: Compost piles need to be mixed regularly to aerate the material, keep the mixture healthy, and help speed up the process. This operation is usually performed by a compost-turner machine. The compost-turner machine aerates the material throughout the pile and mixes it so that all of the organic waste breaks down evenly.

5. Keeping eyes on the compost: The composting process generates heat as the microorganisms break down the organic matter. The temperature of the pile needs to be monitored to ensure that it’s hot enough to kill any harmful pathogens, however, not so hot that it destroys the beneficial microorganisms.