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Centralised composting

Your local authority can organise composting on a large scale. First the waste must be collected and segregated. This can be in separate waste receptacles with alternate weekly collections;
* normal collection with colour coded bin liners

* normal collection with mechanical sorting of   components  (metals, plastics)

* community skips allocated for green waste
Rathbarry central composting

Material bought onto a centralised composting site is usually shredded and then piled in large heaps know as "windrows". The windrows are turned regularly over 12-16 week period with additional moisture added where necessary.
Druning this time material in the windrows often reach temperatures in excess of 70c.
Composting can be operated either in open air, within buildings, or caried out in specially contsructed tunnel chambers and the timescales outlined above can be vastly reduced depending on the sophistication of the process used.
In 1995, ONLY 30 tonnes of organic waste was reported as composted in Ireland, entirely by home composting. This compares very unfacourably with many of our European neighbours such as The Netherlands and Denmark where large fractions of avalable organic waste are made into compost. Things are, however, improving. There are several schemes being instablished throuhout the country. Centralised facilities are to be installed in several counties. Home composting schemes, either household or centralised, will provide a positive contribution to environmental protection by diverting organic wastes away from landfills and providing a useful horrticultural by-product.

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