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Food Waste Macerator and Dewaterer
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Accelerated Compost Ltd, retail a range of kitchen food waste maceration systems, ideally to use in conjunction with our own composting equipment, where suitable and practicle. Where food waste is an issue and you have the ability to use our composting equipment we will sometimes recommend the use of this "pre treatment" to help complement our own process.
However we do understand that there are establishments that create food waste and cannot use our in vessel composters, you may be looking for an alternative method to your present waste disposal. Please contact Accelerated Compost Ltd for further details on our range of Macerators and dewatering systems. Below, examples of food waste, installations and the end product when a dewatering system is used.
This food waste "pre treatment" system is used, where practical, for several reasons:-
- Firstly it creates a much greater surface area to the food waste, allowing the biological process inside our composters to start work much quicker.
- Secondly it helps to maintain a constant moisture content of the food waste entering our machines - keeping the moisture content as close to 65% is vital.
- Finally it reduces the overall volume of the waste, as all the air gaps are lost through the macerating process, allowing our machines to effectively process greater amounts of food waste - or reduce the size of the machine needed in certain applications.
Giving up to an 80% Volume Reduction of waste to be treated.
This system is designed to treat the food waste before entering the Rocket Composter, or it can be used in catering establishments as a waste volume reduction system. It is capable of processing up to 600 kgs per hour ( 1350 covers ) depending upon model.
When composting food waste, it is important to remember that it is a biological activity carried out by millions of microscopic organisms. Because these organisms are so small they like to digest small meals and this means that our food waste must be made as small as practically possible so these organisms can digest it easily. In order to do this we need to make the food waste have as large a surface area as possible so that it can be covered by a as many organisms as possible. A simple way of doing this is by using a in / under sink macerator as this system breaks the food down into small particles without turning it into a paste. It is important that we don’t remove all the structure from the food waste as this structure is needed in the composting process to aid mixing and aeration.
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As the macerators introduce water into the food waste, the waste that is generally high in water content becomes saturated and too wet to be easily composted so it must have as much of this excess water removed as is practically possible so that it will be compostable. To do this we use a de-waterer which gently squeezes the broken up waste to remove most of the excess water leaving moist shredded food waste particles that are suitable for composting.
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Now that the food waste is in small particles it can easily be transported to the composter in smaller containers because most of the unnecessary air gaps between the different shaped food pieces have been removed leaving a uniform shaped mass of particles which will easily mix with the other compost making ingredients. As this waste can be mixed quickly with the other ingredients it will quickly become attractive to the organisms and this helps to speed up the composting process. |
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ACL can be contacted on 01260 222942 for a free demonstration and further details
Quick contact details
Please contact Huw Crampton on 01260 222942 or email huw@quickcompost.co.uk for enquiries within:
England - Bath, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cleveland/Teesside, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Merseyside, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Tyne & Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
Wales - Mid Wales, North Wales, South Wales and West Wales.
Northern Ireland - Belfast, County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry and County Tyrone.
Offshore counties - Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Orkneys and Shetland Isles.
Europe & The Rest of the World
Please contact Doug Boyle on 07780 610873 or email douglasboyle@hotmail.com for enquiries within:
Scotland - Angus & Dundee, Argyll, Ayrshire & Arran, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh & the Lothians, Fife, Glasgow, Grampian, Highlands, Isle of Islay, Isle of Mull, Isle of Skye, Lanarkshire, Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Western Isles
Please contact Sam Wareing on 01260 222942 or email sam@quickcompost.co.uk for enquiries within:
Southern Ireland / Eire - Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
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Due to our policy of continuous development we reserve the right to change design and specifications without prior notice. Accelerated Compost Limited does not accept responsibility for any loss as a result of any company or person relying on material in this website, or for any mistakes or misprints. Although every care is taken to ensure accuracy, this site is a general guide only and specific technical advice is recommended before proceeding with any transaction. Specific fact sheets, or, technical information is available from Accelerated Compost Limited technical department on 01260 222942.
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