House Garbage is the one of the biggest issue in urban areas. But if you maintain your house garbage properly you can create compost fertilizer.
Nowadays Compost fertilizer is very famous among the farmers. Most farmers used Compost fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizer.
In order to build up the Compost fertilizer,you need a Compost Bin.
In sri lanka you can buy them in many shops or else you can create one using Barrel. If you are using Barrel you need to create air holes your self.
In my research i have found out two shop in Sri Lanka,who sells Compost Bin. There can be many more places. But my reaseach based on these two places.
1. Arpico
2. Land Reclamation & Development Co.Ltd,Nawala
When you compare these two places items.
Aprico item is freely available through out Sri lanka. You can buy it any Aprico store. Also it made out of plastic. So durable.
But Land Reclamation & Development Co.Ltd item is not freely available,It's available only in Nawala,Hingurakgoda,Kotagala,Trincomalee and Ampara. Also it's made out of cement.
When you compare price wise, Aprico item is more expensive compare to Land Reclamation & Development Co.Ltd item.
What are the items,you can put into Compost Bin
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1.Dry items - Tree leaves,news papers
2.Wet items - kitchen disposal items,parts of vegetables,parts of fruits
What are the items,you can not put into Compost Bin
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1.plastic
2.Cardboard
3.Shopping bags,build from plastic
How to step up Compost Bin
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1. first put a coconut coir mat (goni) at the bottom of the bin. It will be destroy at last,but it will help you to pick out the compost,at last.
2. next put a dry items layer
3. after that put a wet items layer
4. next put a dry items layer
5. after that put a wet items layer
like wise you have to maintain layers.
Apart from maintaining these layers,you have to insert water once a week. Also you have to collect kitchen items in a bag and put it to compost bin once a week. Then it will be easy to maintain the Compost bin layers.
In a way this Compost bin concept will be a good solution for the garbage problems. After a three months time,you can take out the compost fertilizer.
