 Prevents emission of methane, a Greenhouse

Gas that causes global warming

 Reduces volume of wastes to be thrown to

final disposal sites

 Reduces ecological footprint since nature’s

resources are returned to Nature

Compostable Materials
• Plant residues
• Animal wastes
• Food wastes
• Yard wastes
• Sewage sludge
• Other organic ind’l wastes
 Agriculture waste (crop/plant residues,
animal waste)
 Yard waste (wood, chipped branches,leaves,
grass clippings, garden debris, vegetable
residue)
 Food waste/kitchen waste called
“compostable waste”
 Sewage sludge
 SOURCES OF BIOWASTES

• Households • Farms
• Food • Piggeries/Poultry
Establishments • Lumberyard
• Market • Rice mill
• Hotels/Resorts • Pozo Negro excavator
• Schools
• Offices
 Composted
 Donated
 Charcoal making for wastes such as coconut

shells, rice hull, trunks and branches of trees

 Carbonizing rice hull to be used for odor

control in piggeries and poultries

 Food processing, e.g. vinegar making from

fruit wastes
 Using food waste as animal feed
MANUAL ROTARY DRUMS
MECHANIZED ROTARY
DRUMS
BIOREACTOR