Date post: | 27-Jan-2015 |
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nutrients
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
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
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seeks the capture of all nutrients in organic waste for conversion into a range of high grade soil amendments
used a standard barcode to identify and reward the individual household for clean source
separation of waste
• 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:
linking urban and rural communitieslinking urban and rural communities
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from the soil to the city from the
demonstrating a new economic system
for ecological business
people understand it!