Do the Bokashi – And Help Save The Planet

June 9, 2008 - PRLog -- Do you Bokashi? Thousands of Australians are learning to.

And if Maree O’Malley has her way, every household in Australia and across the world will be doing the Bokashi in their kitchens, on their balconies and in their gardens.

No, it’s not the latest exotic dance … but there are a few simple steps involved.

“Bokashi Composting Australia’s brand of Bokashi, Green Frog Bokashi, is made with a mix of wheat bran and rice husks that have been sprayed with a group of Micro-Organisms call Effective Micro-Organisms (EM).  

“The wheat bran and rice husks are simply a carrier and food source for the microbes; the microbes are the essential part of this composting system.  These microbes are not manufactured they all exist in nature, such as lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, photosynthetic bacteria and actinomycetes.”

Municipal Councils’ Interest

While individuals buy them for their kitchens for burying the fermented waste in their gardens, councils around the country are now considering making them available to local ratepayers.

“Kiama Council has bought 200 of them,” Maree explained. “You can put fresh and vegetables and fruit, including citrus, prepared foods, cooked and uncooked meats and fish and other foods like eggs, bread and tea bags. The Bokashi juice held in the airtight bucket is ideal as a rich fertiliser and drain cleaner.”

“It’s a convenient, simple way to prevent food waste from ending up in landfill, while providing your garden with a nourishing food source and enriching microbes,” explains Maree.

“The Bokashi Bucket is successfully changing the way homeowners can deal with their food and help the environment. Approximately 60% of household rubbish that ends in land fill could have been composted.  

“Such a large organically-active material buried ‘anaerobically’ (without air) in landfill causes over 3% of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions annually by producing methane, a gas with 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.”

For interviews with Maree O’Malley – +61 2 9591 1699. Website Address – http://www.bokashi.com.au

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Bokashi Composting Australia specialises in the composting of food waste with a special Bokashi Composting bucket for kitchens which allows unused food matter to be placed in the air-tight bucket. It generates a solid and a separate liquid compost for use in garden.