Organic Waste Processing That Can Be Done At Home

YOGYAKARTA - Did you know that hundreds of millions of tons of food are wasted every year? Even though this amount is enough to feed hundreds of millions of people who are starving. Most of this wasted food ends up in a landfill (TPA), polluting the environment and producing greenhouse gases such as methane that damages the atmosphere.

In the midst of this crisis, organic waste processing is a crucial step that can start from home. Instead of becoming waste that damages the environment, food waste, plant pieces, coffee grounds, fruit skin, and other similar materials, it can be processed into compost, natural fertilizer, to renewable energy sources.

Organic waste is a biologically decomposable material originating from plants, animals, or other natural products. This includes:

With the right processing, all these types of organic waste can be transformed into resources that are very beneficial to the environment and daily life.

Organic waste processing can not only be done by industry or large facilities. Households also have an important role in reducing waste and maintaining environmental sustainability. Reporting from Skip Shapiro, here are some ways of processing that you can do at home:

Composite is the simplest and most effective way to process organic waste at home. You simply provide a special place, such as a hole in the ground, used barrel, or a ready-to-use composer.

Usually, the postulation process requires a ratio of green waste (fuel-rich nitrogen such as food waste) and brown waste (carbon-rich materials such as leaves and wood debris).

In a few weeks to months, the pile of garbage will turn into natural nutritionally rich compost, suitable for plants in your yard or garden.

Small steps such as separating organic waste from inorganic waste are already a major contribution to waste reduction in the TPA. You can deposit kitchen waste into the local compost community, urban farmer groups, or waste bank programs that receive organic waste. This is an easy way to make sure your waste doesn't end up as pollution.

Anaerobics are a process of decomposing oxygenless organic materials that produce biogas (methanes) and diegestats (liquid/solid fertilizers). Although this method is commonly used on an industrial scale, currently there is also a small-scale version for households called biogas diggesters.

If you have livestock or live in a rural area, this tool is very useful for turning animal waste and kitchen waste into natural cooking and fertilizer energy.

Although most of this technology is carried out at the industrial level, you can still apply the principles at home. For example, by utilizing small-scale biogas stoves from organic waste. This method helps reduce LPG gas consumption and convert waste into useful energy.

If you have space in your yard, you can build an organic infiltration hole (biopor). Put the remaining food and garden waste into this hole. In addition to reducing the volume of waste, the biopore hole also helps absorb rainwater, accelerates absorption into the ground, and repairs soil structures.