Feel guilt free about using disposable nappies!
Parents are free to choose the nappy type that best fits their lifestyle and can make a guilt free choice based on other factors such as performance, cost and convenience.
Envirocomp™ Ltd now offers the solution to no longer feel guilty about your disposable nappies, incontinence and sanitary items entering our landfills.
Our plant is located just north of Rangiora and services the Christchurch, Waimakariri, Hurunui and Kaikoura Districts.
With the ability to compost around 60,000 nappies per day, we can reduce 3650 tonne of unnecessary organic waste entering our local landfill each year......or in terms of nappies that would equate to 21.9 million nappies per year.
Composting Nappies
The HotRot in-vessel composting system is a cost effective alternative to landfill, that also produces top quality compost.
Organic waste is a potential resource of both nutrients and organic matter that can be used to replenish soils under pressure from traditional agriculture.
Composting offers a method of biological stabilisation that eliminates odours and pathogens, and renders a product that is safe and pleasant to use.
A device to separate out the plastic component of the nappy has been engineered into the composting plant.
- Each HotRot in-vessels unit can process 2.5 tonnes per day , as it is a modular system, we have the infrastructure in place to run four of these units (processing around 60,000 nappies per day)
- Nappies are mixed with green waste as a bulking agent
- Waste remains in the in-vessel unit for 16-18 days and is monitored daily to ensure that the required temperatures are met to kill all pathogens in order to meet NZ composting standards.
- A device to separate out the plastic component of the nappy has been engineered into the composting plant. The plastic is screened after full composting has taken place.
- Compost is then matured for 4-6 weeks prior to being used.