New Zealand: Chocolate Wrappers Composted in Local Garden
Specially-wrapped Peanut Slabs in plant-based compostable packaging went on sale in Wellington and Porirua. They are then taken to For the Better Good’s Edible Earth Urban Micro Farm in Cannon’s Creek for composting.
By Katarina Williams
Stuff
Feb 01 2021
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“The process starts with gathering resources all diverted from landfill, we’re diverting food waste, we’re diverting garden waste, we’re collecting out packaging, now we’re collecting Whittaker’s packaging here in Porirua,” Klinac said.
“We add all of those together. It takes about three months to cycle through from lettuce leaves all the way through to dark, rich compost at the end. Generally, we add beneficial microbes to make sure the compost is really high quality.
“We then take it out, let it mature, let the worms work through it a little bit, and then it basically goes straight onto the garden,” Klinac explained.
Whittaker said it was hoped success during the trial would see it rolled out nationwide.
“You want to compost as close to the source of consumption as possible. Edible Earth has micro farms right throughout the country, from Auckland right down to Queenstown.
“So they’ll take care of the collection and composting right back to the local Edible Earth site, but we’ll still obviously look to utilise this farm here [in Porirua].
