Every Bite is a month-long programme where you’ll try simple experiments at home to better understand and prevent your food waste. You’ll pick up practical tips, try fun recipes, and get hands-on inspiration to stretch your ingredients further, save money, and get creative in the kitchen. Along the way, connect with your community and take part in fun events, foodie challenges, and prizes, all while learning easy ways to reduce household food waste.
How to do it
- Depending on your compost needs, choose the size of the compost tumbler that suits you.
- Then, select an appropriate location for your compost tumbler. Ensure that its on level, well-drained or gravel and allows sunlight to warm and accelerate the composting process.
- Add shredded paper or cardboard to prevent wetness and smell from the start.
- The next step is to add your first green waste- your first kitchen scraps. Follow the rule of adding a number of greens and browns at a ratio of 2 to 1.
- Add water and ensure there is sufficient moisture to help with the composting; ensure its moisture and not dripping wet.
- Spin the tumbler every 2-3 days after adding new scraps to prevent matting and keep the process aerobic, which prevents foul smell.
Tips
- Decomposing is fast in summer and spring therefore are regarded as peak composting sessions. You will need more browns to balance out fresh garden waste and maintain a good level of moisture.
- Collect leaves during autumn and keep them in bags because greens are scarce during winter.
- Decomposition slows down during winter and therefore keeps adding scraps, allowing aeration and allowing adequate sunlight.
- If decomposition seems slow, add a few more greens like grass clippings. Chopping or breaking larger materials into smaller pieces before adding to the compost can help fast composting.
- To harvest your compost, stop adding new material to one side if you have a dual-chamber tumbler. Or you can empty the whole batch into a bucket or bag, then shift any unfinished chunks and put them back into the tumbler as a starter.
