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1. Composting permits and regulations
The permits and regulations applicable to composting vary from
country to country and municipality to municipality. Consult your
local municipal environmental authority for the regulations valid
in your area.
2. Choosing correct composter location
Place the Biowaste Composter in a place where you can easily
take your waste and unload the composter all year round.
Set the composter up on a firm surface at a location with good
drainage. Make sure that the composter is level.
The Biowaste Composter includes a seep liquid opening in
the bottom left-hand side to drain any excess liquid. Place the
composter directly onto the ground so that the soil will absorb
any seep liquid. Alternatively, you can collect the seep liquid (see
Chapter 3.1).
If the compost mass is unusually wet, seep liquid may also seep
from under the unloading door (part 15) and from the inlet air
valve at the front of the composter (part 9).
3. Prior to use
Place the liquid separation plate (part 16) in the recess located in
the bottom of the composter (the seep liquid drain). The purpose
of the liquid separation plate is to separate any excess liquid
from the compost mass. The plate can be detached and cleaned
if necessary.
3.1 Attaching the seep liquid hose and draining
liquid
The Biowaste Composter has a seep liquid opening in the
bottom left-hand side to allow any excess liquid to drain from
the composter and be absorbed into the ground. You can collect
the seep liquid in a container if you like, but this is not mandatory.
Remove the rodent shield from the seep liquid opening in the
bottom edge of the composter with a screwdriver, for example.
Connect a liquid hose, diameter 32 mm, to the seep liquid opening
in the bottom edge of the composter. Place the other end of the
hose in a container located in such a place that the liquid will flow
downhill.
4. Commissioning
Place a layer of five centimetres (5 cm) of Biolan Bulking Material
in the bottom of the composter.
Start using the composter in the manner described in Chapter 5.
When you are putting waste into the composter for the first time,
use more bulking material than recommended – you can reduce
the amount later on.
4.1 Starting the composting process
The composting process will start when there is enough waste in
the composter, i.e. the composter is approximately half full. Once
the process has started, the waste will turn into cover soil in ap-
proximately five to eight weeks. The start of the process may be
slower if the outdoor temperature is less than 0°C. The micro-
organism population that will develop inside the composter will
increase the temperature inside the composter and keep it at this
level, provided that waste is regularly added to the composter.
The composter’s thermal insulation material will keep the heat in
and prevent the outdoor air from cooling the compost mass.
The best indicator of a well-functioning composter is the qual-
ity of the compost mass when the device is being emptied. If the
composter is working fine, the waste will have disintegrated, ex-
cept for citrus fruit peels or eggshells, which may still be clearly
identifiable.
Parts list
5. Using the Biowaste Composter
The composter is intended for biodegradable materials only.
Do not place anything in the composter that could impede the
composting process or will not turn into compost, such as:
• Plastic, rubber, glass, leather
• Chemicals, wood preservatives and disinfectants, paints,
solvents, petrol
• Detergents, washing water
• Lime
• Ash, cigarette butts, matches
• Hoover bags
• Coloured advertisement paper
• Large quantities of paper
5.1 Loading
• Empty the biowaste container into the composter. Please
note that the larger the pieces of waste you put into the com-
poster, the longer it will take for them to disintegrate.
• If you use biodegradable rubbish bags, empty the content of
the bag into the composter and put the bag in separately.
• Always cover the waste with Biolan Bulking Material. Usually
the proper amount is approximately one-third to half of the
amount of new waste deposited in the composter. If the waste
is wet, use more of the bulking material.
• Continue adding more waste to the composter as you gen-
erate more waste. Try to add more waste to the composter
several times a week. This is especially important during the
cold season.
• Stir in the most recent compost down to some 20–30 cm
from the surface. You do not need to mix the compost after
every loading. The more bulking agent you use, the less mixing
the mass requires.
• Do not mix the entire compost mass all the way down to
the bottom to prevent the already cooled lowermost lay-
ers from cooling down the compost mass that is still warm.
5.2 Unloading
• The Biowaste Composter must be emptied all year round. Un-
load the composter when it is almost full, more often during
the cold season than during the warm season. After the com-
poster has been unloaded, there is more oxygen in it, which
will often increase the temperature inside the composter.
• In the wintertime, only remove a little bit of the compost mass
at a time. In the summertime, you can remove more, but al-
ways unload at the most half of the compost mass.
• Open the unloading door (part 5) and remove some of the
mass from the bottom of the composter with a shovel.
• Also clean the area under the seep liquid plate (part 16) and
make sure that there is no blockage in the seep liquid hose.
• If the mass you removed was very wet, place a couple of shov-
elfuls of Biolan Bulking Material in the bottom of the com-
poster.
• Close the unloading door.
• Press down the mass from the top with the shovel, for exam-
ple. It will be easier if you start from the corners. Take care
not to damage the inlet air channel located in the centre of
the composter.
• Empty the seep liquid container, if necessary.
