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How food waste composting actually works
Ten practical explainers written from our own equipment data - how the process works, how to size a machine, what can go in it, and what to do with what comes out.
How food waste composting machines work
The mechanism behind a 12 to 24 hour cycle - what the machine actually controls, and why that turns months into hours.
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How to choose the right composting machine capacity
Four numbers decide the specification: daily waste weight, power supply, footprint and what you plan to do with the output.
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Composting or drying - which process fits your site
Two different machines, two different outputs. The choice depends on what you want to be holding at the end.
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What can and cannot go into a composting machine
Creeks commercial machines take a wide range of food waste - including the things domestic composters refuse.
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The business case for on-site composting
Where the money actually comes from: avoided haulage, avoided gate fees, and an output with a use.
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Industrial composting explained
What changes when a composter stops being equipment and becomes a facility.
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How composting machines control odour indoors
Deodorisation is what decides whether a machine can be installed inside an occupied building.
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Using the compost a food waste machine produces
The output is a soil amendment, not a potting mix - how to blend and apply it.
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Why food waste in landfill is a climate problem
The same organic matter behaves very differently depending on where it decomposes.
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Managing food waste in a hotel kitchen
Multiple outlets, unpredictable banqueting peaks, and a bin store nobody wants guests to walk past.
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