Which compost system suits my wastes?
Your compost system determines the types of wastes you can and can’t use. Find out how to select a system to compost either a garden or kitchen waste composite.
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Why compost?
Ever wished you could make good compost?
Or compost more of your wastes at home?
Compost is natural soil food
Composting accelerates a natural cycle which returns nutrients in dead plant matter to earth. This process in nature is slow but composting can unlock nutrients in our organic waste faster for reuse.
A compost system typically is designed to break down everyday organic waste in a controlled environment. It produces dark solids containing unlocked nutrients - compost soil - which eventually ends up as part of our earth if used to top dress garden soil.
Compost soil then slowly transforms into crumbly soil-like matter in the final stage of composting. This takes time and can’t be hurried. However, it can be set up to yield maximum benefits for your plants and garden - read on to find out more.
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Don't waste your wastes
Compostable wastes account for about half what Australians put in rubbish bins. Recycle them instead, and help halve the rubbish collected by councils for disposal.
Burying compostable waste in landfills creates awful outcomes. They rot and pollute the atmosphere and groundwater. Their valuable nutrients are wasted.
You can recycle compostable wastes at home by composting. With the right system, it can be done quicker and easier. You also produce soil improvers to help your garden flourish.
Home composting also helps the environment. You don't create emissions carting wastes away if they are composted near where you generate them. Importantly, you stop producing damaging landfill pollution.
Plants love mature compost
Make mature compost - the best kind to boost soil health. Produce compost juice from kitchen waste, to stimulate soil microbial life for growing healthy plants.
Read moreFurther reading
You can learn more on our blog, and at the links below.
Starting composting basics
It is useful to know the composting basics that strongly affect how well you compost. In particular, how these basics impact on different compost systems.
Read moreCompost nutrition
Learn to sort compostable wastes into C and N types. Easier to use sorted wastes to balance composites for optimal composting. Take extra care with some wastes.
Read moreHow Bioverter Works
Conditions are made ideal inside Bioverter for compost microbes to turn wastes into two products. They descend into separate collectors for easy removal.
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