Rooftop Composting solution
This weekend I have made my rooftop compost heap.
I have a small rooftop and I have been looking on
Google about ideas of how to make a compost heap
because I felt bad about letting my organic waste go.
I spoke to Nell (founder of Sustainable East Africa) about it and she gave
me some guidelines and sent me some pictures of her compost heap.
I got all the ingredients top make 2 compost heaps:
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Chicken wire (from my neighbor) approx 3 meters
2 dishwashing basins (@7000 TSH each) the circum was about 1.38cm
Some cardboard boxes (found on the street)
Some garden waste from the Jamuri park
Tie ribs ( to tie the wire together)
Lid (I used an ungo – I only know the Swahili word, it is used to
separate the stones from the rice etc.)
It took me 10 minutes to prepare!
I measured the basin, cut the wire, tied the wire in a circle –
fitted it inside the dishwashing basin – lined it with cardboard
– went to the park to get some garden waste (to keep the
bottom of the heap airy) –
added my kitchen waste on
it and fitted a lid loosely on
top of it.
Suzanne Degeling
Founder, Kawa Tours
The compost bin that inspired this –
which has been in use for over a year!
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