The Green Cone

The Green Cone is a unique type of product which is available at discounted rates for residents in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin via www.shropshire.getcomposting.com

The green cone is unusual for us composters - in that it doesn't actually produce any compost!! So... if you want lots of nutrient rich solid material to dig into your garden as a soil improver this is not really the solution for you.... However we know from talking to thousands of Shropshire residents each year that oddly though this may be an attraction for some folk who are less into gardening and simply want somewhere to get rid of food waste without having to fill up their rubbish bin!

Thats why the green cone is not strictly (by those of us in the know) refered to as a composter at all - its a food waste digestor.  Its literally just somewhere to safely and securely allow your food waste to rot down.

And the good thing about the Green Cone is that its rodent proof - so you can use it to get rid of ALL types of food waste, meat, fish, dairy, left over take away curry, you name it, it can all go into a green cone - which is great if you're a major carnivore or if primary motivation is just to reduce waste to landfill.

The main way that the Green cone acheives this is by the 'basket' which you bury in your garden and this stops pesky critters tunnelling under the cone to get at your leftovers.  The cone then goes on top to provide an entry route and accelerate the breakdown of the food waste. So its odd for us composters because its dug in to the ground it does feels some what almost like having a mini landfill site in your back yard!

This is of course very diffferent from a landfill though or from simply burying food in your garden because its an aerobic process.  So in that way its like composting, the food waste you put in is exposed to air.  This is completely unlike a landfill site where waste is compacted and buried and becomes deprived of air and thus breaks down anaerobically.



As the diagram above shows quite neatly, the green cone utilises aerobic decomposition.  The solar energy creates convection currents within the cone which drive air flow and keep the material well oxygenated so it breaks down into harmless products which actually fertilises the surrounding soil. 

So if you want to help reduce food waste to landfill go to www.shropshire.getcomposting.com and check out the Green Cone, this could be a great solution to help reduce waste disposal in Shropshire.