Estimated Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio
Browns = High Carbon C:N
Ashes, wood 25:1
Cardboard, shredded 350:1
Corn stalks 75:1
Fruit waste 35:1
Leaves 60:1
Newspaper, shredded 175:1
Peanut shells 35:1
Pine needles 80:1
Sawdust 325:1
Straw 75:1
Wood chips 400:1
   
Greens = High Nitrogen C:N
Alfalfa 12:1
Clover 23:1
Coffee grounds 20:1
Food waste 20:1
Garden waste 30:1
Grass clippings 20:1
Hay 25:1
Manures 15:1
Seaweed 19:1
Vegetable scraps 25:1
Weeds 30:1

Altaka-albadila composter

A composter will convert waste food (left over food) into nutritious soil. You are recycling household waste, and therefore you are creating compost for soil fertilization, and helping in waste disposal.
Home composting, or On Site composting is a more practical choice than centralized composting.

We can offer 2 kinds of composters according to size and application:
- AAC1 Dual tank: size 60 liters each, for home use.
-AAC2 Dual tank: size 100 liters each, for restaurants, hotels, apartment complexes, hospitals, schools etc.

What do you gain by purchasing a composter??
-You reduce 50% of your kitchen waste
- You get nutritious soil that you can use as fertilizer for your garden, plants, flowers.

Ingredients of our composters:
-Nitrogen: found in green or wet material, such as: leaves, grass, fruits vegetables, and peels.
-Carbon: found in brown, dry material
-Air: ventilation and aeration is necessary to provide oxygen.
-Water: a moisture content of 40 to 60 % is preferable .The compost pile should be moist.
The microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, will break down the material over time .You might have to add sawdust,
Wood pellet, small woody branches chipped.

Advantages of our composters:
- you need to rotate the bags
- they are well insulated ,well aerated
- no smells
- no worms
- Work during ALL seasons
- Compost On Site
Add your kitchen waste every day, rotate at each time you add food, and you will get compost after 4 to 6 weeks. When one tank is filled up, you use the second one.

SIMPLE and EFFICIENT.
You do not need Sukleen to collect your food waste. Create compost instead Recycle!!

Available at altaka-albadila stores: Jisr el bacha, Tel: 01-481336