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COMPOSTING
AN IDEAL ALTERNAT IVE TO LANDF I LL DI SPOSAL
EnviroServ fully supports the drive towards sustainable waste management and
the waste hierarchy. To this end, the company has invested in various alternative
waste treatments. Composting is one such alternative which EnviroServ offers
to numerous customers. It is the perfect environmentally friendly alternative
to reduce the volume of waste disposed to landfill. We are fully aware that
the pressure to find alternatives to landfill and to minimise waste going into a
landfill is a priority for both EnviroServ and its customers. EnviroServ has taken
the initiative to compost certain waste streams currently going into landfills.
Compost is sold directly to end-users or to other compost companies for
further processing.
MINIMISING WASTE TO
LANDFILL
ATTRIBUTES
EnviroServ produces high
quality compost using suit-
able organic waste materi-
als and by-products such
as animal remains, abattoir
waste, eggshells, and fruit
pulp, etc. For bulking agents,
EnviroServ uses kraal ma-
nure, chicken litter and wood
chips to ensure that there are
enough organic materials
high in nutrients like calcium,
sulphur, magnesium, iron and
zinc to replenish the soil.
In addition, EnviroServ offers
on site solutions for custom-
ers in the form of the Mobile
Composting Unit (MCU),
which is designed to man-
age compostable organic
waste materials in an envi-
ronmentally friendly manner.
It is targeted at commercial
and industrial organic waste
such as canteen food waste,
kitchen food wastes, garden
wastes, etc. The MCU will
compost the waste material
while cleaning the air using a
bio-filter to prevent unpleas-
ant odours. This makes the
MCU a sustainable environ-
mental solution because of
landfill avoidance. The MCU
is suitable for sites that
have less than 10 tons per
day of general waste in or-
der to compost their waste
without any waste license.
The volume of each unit is
approximately 5m
3
, and it is
expected that there would be
a maximum of 2–3 of these
units on-site, therefore, a to-
tal of around 10–15m
3
will be
available per two-week cycle.