Japanese composting may be new food waste solution

Interesting. Also curious that I don't think I've ever heard any reference to this here. I think Japan mostly burns food waste, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure that's what happens here in Kanagawa, anyway. This should be really widespread, specially as places like Yokohama want to lay claim to being pioneers in reducing waste. I'm woken twice a week by a jingle about how Yokohama is reducing its waste by 30%. Most of what I put out as "nama" gomi now could be composted. The rest is separated, and I hope it's recycled. But a low-pong method that can be done in containers sounds perfect for cities and neighbourhoods, and would save shifting the stuff around. We could use it to green cities, cut down heat absorption on rooftops by planting on them, ....

National made home composting units years ago. Great product but they were just too expensive for most people to invest in. However, they were more advanced compared to anything else available as they worked automatically with a built in mixer powered from a normal 100v power scource. Every Japanese home should have one but price needs to come down.

ＥＭ１has been around for a long time. I remember going on an EM tour in Japan about 20 years ago. The process was pioneered by an Okinawan University professor. EM1 and an upgrade EMX are used in alternative medicine as well to treat a host of diseases, like skin afflictions and cancers.

National made home composting units years ago. Great product but they were just too expensive for most people to invest in. However, they were more advanced compared to anything else available as they worked automatically with a built in mixer powered from a normal 100v power scource. Every Japanese home should have one but price needs to come down.

There are composters and there are dehydraters. Not every home needs one. If you live in the country or have even a small garden you can dispose of raw garbage by burying it directly in the soil. Your plants and the environment will thank you for it.

Yeah composting is old news. A friend of mind has been doing it for years for their garden. Now the micro organism for the smell thats news to me.

But yeah this should be spread all over the world.

This is an excellent move!

The solution is not to compost (or burn) the waste but to reduce the wastage!