Where the material comes from
Fruit and vegetable waste generated by nearby markets and food processing centres is picked up by the municipal waste hauling service and brought to the composting site.
The line
Waste is emptied onto a sorting belt where an operator screens out non-organic objects. The material is then sent to a shredder before being emptied into the composting machine.
Throughput
TMK’s proprietary microbes compost the waste in 24 hours, reducing volume by around 80–90%. The machine becomes full on a weekly basis and operators offload the compost — approximately 40 tonnes each week.
Afterwards
The compost is sent to a soil factory, goes through a 21-day maturation period, and is mixed with mushroom manure before being sold. TMK is able to implement facilities with a combined composting capacity of up to 30 tonnes per day.
