Design and implementation of compact economic kitchen waste recycler bin

Abstract

Our country is facing a lot of challenges in clearing the wastes and reducing the pollution. The wastes are created by so many sources and dumped as a landfill in almost all towns and cities and major source of pollution. Out of the total wastes, 20% is from the household kitchen wastes. This is due to the contradiction between high food consumption and low food recycling rate. The food waste or kitchen waste from the house is treated and decomposed properly, to reduce food waste capacity and converting as organic manure. But the customary composting of waste takes six months to a year to decompose. It also requires regular maintenance for the compost pile, and collecting scraps to take outside can be smelly and attack bugs. This project gives an innovative solution to recycle the food or kitchen waste from each house. The solution is to design an eco-friendly compact bin placed in every kitchen of the house that converts food waste to organic fertilizer. Unlike most composting device which dehydrates the scrap is actually a huge technical challenge to provide consistent quality of organic fertilizer every time by this novel method. The organic manure from this recycler bin improves the soil health, reduces the need for additional water and fertilizers. In order to fasten the composting process, the recycler bin is constructed with heating, mixing and grinding sections under controlled conditions.