A biological compost generation system of waste management and biological compost generation comprising:
- at least one source waste collection and waste separation system wherein waste is collected from at least one source in a separated compostable waste stream and non-compostable waste stream;
- the waste streams collected at source in respective separate trackable compostable waste bins, and trackable non-compostable waste bins;
- each stream placed in the separate trackable bins at the source;
- and wherein the trackable bins contain source separated compostable and non-compostable waste streams from the at least one source;
- a sorting and decontamination facility which receives and processes the contaminated compostable and non-compostable waste from the separate trackable compostable and non-compostable bins;
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- a decontamination stage at the sorting and decontamination facility for further processing the waste from the trackable bins into a sorted and decontaminated compostable stream and a sorted and decontaminated non-compostable stream;
- whereby compostable waste received in the trackable compostable waste bins is removed from each bin and is decontaminated at the sorting and decontamination facility;
- the decontamination including identifying non-compostable waste in the compostable waste from the trackable compostable waste bin and transferring the thus identified non-compostable waste to the non-compostable waste stream thereby to form a decontaminated compostable stream;
- a waste water collection system in the sorting and decontamination facility which processes collected water from the decontamination of the compostable or non-compostable streams into fractions, one fraction being used as a media fraction for the growth of biological inoculant;
- a communication and data entry system for collecting data from the decontamination stage and reporting the data to the at least one source from which the waste is collected;
- the data generated including a report on volume and/or weight of waste collected and details of any contamination;
- that is, presence of compostable waste in a non-compostable waste bin or of non-compostable waste in a compostable waste bin;
- a bulk transportation step from the sorting and decontamination facility to a central processing facility located remotely from the at least one source;
- wherein the decontaminated and consolidated non-compostable stream is further processed into useable products;
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- wherein the decontaminated compostable waste stream is transported to a biological composting system which processes the compostable stream into biological compost, the processing of biological compost including:
- a pasteurisation stage whereby the compostable material is pasteurised in an industrial composting unit where the temperature is adjusted to an optimal temperature to achieve pasteurisation, commonly in the range of 55-65 degrees Celsius thereby to produce pasteurised compostable material;
- an inoculation stage whereby the pasteurised compostable material is inoculated by the addition of beneficial microbiology including a biological inoculant, thereby to produce an inoculated compostable material;
- a curing stage wherein the inoculated compostable material is cured in batches in stackable aeration crates wherein temperature level, moisture content and microbiology content of the inoculated compostable material is monitored until a desired level is achieved thereby to produce the biological compost.