Bokashi – An ancient concept with a modern twist.
Article by Piet Kruger I was recently contacted by Rupert Van Der Merwe, owner of a business producing and selling a range of EM based products. One of the ranges that the business manufactures is Bokashi bran that is used in Bokashi fermentation. It would come as no surprise to hear me confess that I have always had a thing for strange and exotic biological conversion processes, and consequently my fascination with the Bokashi process started many years ago. When Rupert explained what their business was all about, I thought it to be just the excuse I needed to write a short article about...
Read MoreTissue Digestors – Ten good reasons why using a tissue digestor makes sense.
An increasing number of business owners are becoming aware of the potential applications of tissue digestor systems. Unfortunately most of the information available on tissue digestors is so scientifically orientated that it only serves to alienate the very people that it aims to educate. In this short article I will attempt to highlight a few good reasons – in a language that we all can understand and based on my personal experience - why tissue digestors make sense as a means of treating waste tissue. Tissue digestors employ a thermo-chemical process to break down the all the various...
Read MoreMortality Composting and Pathogen Reduction
The traditional approach to mortality composting does not provide acceptable pathogen reduction capabilities when dealing with Specific Risk Material Composting by its very nature is not a very homogenous process and for this reason composting of Specific Risk Materials does not offer a truly reliable method of pathogen destruction. Multiple mechanisms are known to be involved in the inactivation of pathogens during composting. These methods may include exposure to heat, microbial antagonism, antibiotic production, parasitism, organic acid and ammonia production,competition for nutrients and...
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