This garbage can turns kitchen waste into plant fertilizer
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2021-03-29
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Benjamin Cullis Watson, a graduate of Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, has designed an odorless trash can that can quickly turn kitchen waste into compost.
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Benjamin Cullis Watson, a graduate of Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, has designed an odorless trash can that can quickly turn kitchen waste into compost.
The Taihi trash can converts kitchen waste into compost for gardens and liquid fertilizer for houseplants.
It's based on bokashi composting, a Japanese composting method that uses fermentation to break down waste without causing rot or bad odors.
The result: a liquid, stored in an airtight kettle, that can be used directly to fertilize plants; The second is compost collected separately into a container.
The trash can has a double lid and rubber sealing ring to prevent odors from spreading, and it is also covered with a non-stick coating for easy emptying and cleaning. Unlike many composting systems, this method does not require stirring the waste, limiting any specific conditions or types of waste.
Users put a special bacteria-carrying bokassi mixture in a bucket and begin fermentation.
Cullis Watson, who designed the Taihi bin while studying product design and technology at Loughborough, was determined to use it to tackle the UK's waste problem after spending his childhood in Ethiopia, where he says very little waste ends up in landfill.
The designer purposefully created a clean and simple shape for the trash can to emphasize the clean simplicity of the method, while also intuitively connecting it to Japanese design.
Cullis Watson is currently exploring the market for Taihi trash cans, It won the 2017 New Designers Joseph Joseph Brilliantly Useful award and has completed two versions of the design.
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