Introduction to Bokashi Composting

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bokashi composting

5. • Recipe
• Moisture and aeration maintenance
• Green house gases (GHG)
• 6+ months, usually longer
• Loss of nutrients: nitrogen & carbon
Composting is great but…

9. Recycle Food
Waste

10. BOKASHI:
fermented
organic
matter

12. What’s going on inside the bokashi bin?

13. Teach Me to BOKASHI

14. Fermentation Vessels

15. Ceramic powder with microorganisms embedded in plastic
matrix, enhancing microbial control, and helping prevent odors.
Mycrocycle Bin & Bokashi

16. Different sizes matter
Size Matters

17. Starting a Bokashi Bin
Add some bokashi to base of bin before filling with food
waste.

18. Add 11/2 -2 inches
food waste

19. Sprinkle with 2-3 tbsp bokashi

20. Compress to eliminate air
pockets

21. Allow food
waste to
ferment
14
days

22. Burying
Fermented
Waste Indoors
• organic soil or
compost
• Keep at 55-95˚ F
• Wait 2 weeks, or
longer

23. Bury waste in
planter boxes
Add organic soil and/ or
compost

24. Population: 7 Billion

25. After 14-day ferment

26. Bury fermented waste
outdoors

27. Advantages of
Mycrocycling
over traditional
composting
• FAST
• NO SMELL
• YEAR ROUND
• MEAT & DAIRY
• PEST FREE
• NUTRIENTS NOT LOST
• REMEDIATE SOIL

28. Benefits of
Mycrocycling
to the
Environment
• Reduce waste to
landfill
• Reduce green house
gases
• Heal the soil

29. Questions & Comments