http://www.naturemill.com/howItWorks.html
Not seen one of these before!
Looks interesting!

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In message , Mogga 
 writes
>http://www.naturemill.com/howItWorks.html

>Not seen one of these before!
>Looks interesting!

It does but I find it hard to get an idea of the scale.  A shame though, 
that it has a heater, and only processes "over two tons of waste from 
landfills over its life" at 55kg per month.  (c 36 month life.)

Also interesting that they claim "5 kWh / month of energy - or about 
$0.50/month - less than a garbage truck would burn in diesel fuel to 
haul the same waste".  Less cost, or less energy ?

How does $299 for diverting 2 tons of organic material from landfill ? 
I suspect it's not great value compared to the sort of 'low hanging 
fruit' you find in industry ?


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On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:27:18 +0000, John Beardmore
 wrote:

>In message , Mogga 
> writes
>>http://www.naturemill.com/howItWorks.html
>
>>Not seen one of these before!
>>Looks interesting!
>
>It does but I find it hard to get an idea of the scale.  A shame though, 
>that it has a heater, and only processes "over two tons of waste from 
>landfills over its life" at 55kg per month.  (c 36 month life.)

Thanks for doing the maths - that would be an awful lot of food waste
and I'd assume included vege stuff that could easily be composted in
the garden anyway. 
We're in the food waste scheme trial and I'm wondering whether to
weigh our green bag and then all the composting stuff I - to get an
idea of how much we get rid of. 

>
>Also interesting that they claim "5 kWh / month of energy - or about 
>$0.50/month - less than a garbage truck would burn in diesel fuel to 
>haul the same waste".  Less cost, or less energy ?

Bearing in mind a group scheme encourages others to do recycling. Or
that's the theory. 
They're looking at how to roll out the trial across lots of terraces
which don't have room for the zillion bins we've got.

>
>How does $299 for diverting 2 tons of organic material from landfill ? 
>I suspect it's not great value compared to the sort of 'low hanging 
>fruit' you find in industry ?
>
>
>Cheers, J/.
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In message , Mogga 
 writes
>On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:27:18 +0000, John Beardmore
> wrote:
>
>>In message , Mogga
>> writes
>>>http://www.naturemill.com/howItWorks.html
>>
>>>Not seen one of these before!
>>>Looks interesting!
>>
>>It does but I find it hard to get an idea of the scale.  A shame though,
>>that it has a heater, and only processes "over two tons of waste from
>>landfills over its life" at 55kg per month.  (c 36 month life.)
>
>Thanks for doing the maths - that would be an awful lot of food waste
>and I'd assume included vege stuff that could easily be composted in
>the garden anyway.
>We're in the food waste scheme trial and I'm wondering whether to
>weigh our green bag and then all the composting stuff I - to get an
>idea of how much we get rid of.

Oddly enough I'm embarking on a similar exercise with a local hotel.  I 
have lent them my largest scales.

I'm wondering how small an anaerobic digestion plant is feasible, but I 
doubt they could manage it on their own, and I don't think there are 
other food waste producers near them.


>>Also interesting that they claim "5 kWh / month of energy - or about
>>$0.50/month - less than a garbage truck would burn in diesel fuel to
>>haul the same waste".  Less cost, or less energy ?
>
>Bearing in mind a group scheme encourages others to do recycling. Or
>that's the theory.
>They're looking at how to roll out the trial across lots of terraces
>which don't have room for the zillion bins we've got.

OK.  An interesting idea for sure, especially if they can get them 
cheap, install them somewhere warm or insulate them, and avoid vandalism 
!


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