Bokashi composting is a safe, convenient, and quick way to compost food waste in your kitchen, garage, or apartment. Bokashi means fermented organic matter in Japanese. Bokashi composting uses a selected group of microorganisms to anaerobically ferment organic waste. The microorganisms are applied using a impregnation carrier such as wheat bran. The fermentation process breaks the organic matter down in a process that is odor free. Since the process is done in a closed system you don?t have to worry about insects and smells making it ideal for urban or business settings. Unlike more conventional composting systems bokashi systems can break down heavier items like meat, fish and cheese. The process is very fast and usually takes less than two weeks. The finished product will have a sweet, pickled odor and you will often see white mold mycelium coating the surface. Once the fermentation has completed you can add the scraps to a worm bin or bury them directly in the soil. They will take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to fully integrate into the soil depending upon your local soil biological activity and local climate. If you don?t have an area to trench, no problem, you can covert bokashi pre-compost into a usable potting soil.

I am very proud to declare that my school DPS Sharjah has introduced Bokshi Bins. It is a great step towards meeting the Be?eah?s goal of landfill free Sharjah by 2015. The children are instructed to throw the food waste in these special bins. These are strategically kept near canteen area. I look forward to see Sharjah as land free emirate.

I encourage all Dipsites to use these bins in our school & I invite all my readers to introduce it in your community and write to me for the same.