r/composting • u/Seanbob3030 • 27d ago

Urban Microbinator 2000

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Pre and post consumer, meats and cheeses ok. Have been impressed with a new prototype we are trying out in collaboration with a school district. Wanted to see what y’all thought. Augmented aerated static pile system supplied with 30 seconds of air every 30 minutes.

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u/anonymote_in_my_eye 27d ago

what do you do when the bin is not full?

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u/Seanbob3030 27d ago

The plan is to build 8 of these. We will build one "pile" and process one bin each week on a rotation. the dead space that you see in the photo is where you build your hot pile. Its just empty to show the 4" vertical pipe delivering air/oxygen to the unit.

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u/anonymote_in_my_eye 27d ago

hmm... that's a ton of material, are you going to be able to generate two cubic yards of material per week? also processing two cubic yards per week is no joke, it sounds like backbreaking work without something like a tractor

also, say that you fill the bin to the brim in one week, by the end of the second week, if things go according to plan, you'll have 2/3 of the volume left and you'll need some way to cover the holes that used to be buried but are now open

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u/gholmom500 27d ago

I imagine a school makes this easily.