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Zero Waste Australia: Linking Waste Disposal to Agriculture

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Gerry Gillespie is the driving force behind ZeroWaste Australia, an initiative which aims to compost everything possible and return it to the soil. He explains how waste disposal can link city and country. This presentation was given at the Carbon Farming Expo & Conference Orange 18-19 November, 2008. Orange is in new South Wales, Australia.
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beyond business as usualbeyond business as usual

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the BIGBIG picturethe BIGBIG picture

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the the REALLY BIGREALLY BIG picture picturethe the REALLY BIGREALLY BIG picture picture

nutrients

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the current process of waste management is wasting valuable nutrientswasting valuable nutrients

• Compostable, clean organic material which contains the nutrients necessary for the production of food is currently lost to landfill

• Plants need between 60 to 90 nutrients, minerals and trace elements to be healthy

• Chemical fertiliser only contains a few of these

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nutrients are the vitamins, minerals, and other substances in food that keep your body healthy and help it grow

farming is about food production

food is about nutrients

nutrientsnutrientsnutrientsnutrients

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seeks the capture of all nutrients in organic waste for conversion into a range of high grade soil amendments

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used a standard barcode to identify and reward the individual household for clean source

separation of waste

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•       Increased yield

•       Improved crop quality

•       Reduced water use

•       Improved water efficiency

•       Improved soil structure

•       Increased microbial activity

•       Reduced nutrient leakage

•       Reduced fertilizer costs

•       Reduced erosion

•       Carbon sequestration

•       Increased land value

gives the farmer these benefits:

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linking urban and rural communitieslinking urban and rural communities

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the future system ofthe future system ofthe future system ofthe future system of

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from the soil to the city from the

demonstrating a new economic system

for ecological business

people understand it!

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