A system to process all organic kitchen garbage into pulverized fertilizer
Households that have their own fields or kitchen gardens can easily recycle their kitchen garbage into EM compost and use it by themselves, and this practice is becoming common in many places around Japan. This kind of grassroots movement is of course very essential, but this time I would like to present a recycling system which can turn all food remains into high quality fertilizer. This system would cover all households, including those in apartments, and also restaurants, hotels, food- processing factories etc. Food refuse from the lives of 120millon people in Japan would produce enough fertilizer to replace all chemical fertilizers now in use, and thus offer us really healthy farm products grown in Japan.
The effect of EM fertilizer is not limited to the revival of farming.EM-Bokashi-used daily in households would revive the family life as well because EM purifies the atmosphere in the house making everyone healthier and happier. Furthermore, every citizen can feel he or she is taking part in the restoration of the earth.
In order to process all garbage into pulverized EM-fertilizer, we need to construct a great number of factories throughout Japan. As for their management, nongovernmental enterprises would be the best solution, but for the cost of the plants and equipment they would need financial aid from local and central governments. This public financing can be provided by the money, which was previously used for burning garbage at incinerators.
Transportation of the garbage from homes, restaurants, etc to the factories is not a big problem at all since we can use the present collecting system now in use to carry garbage from collecting stations to the incinerators. Citizens are already used to separating garbage according to type and putting it out for collection. The more difficult question is how to persuade households to add EM-Bokashi at home to their garbage before it is taken out for collection. Local governments should provide all households with garbage containers, and instruct citizens to sprinkle EM-Bokashi onto the garbage every time it is put into the container. The price of Bokashi is very low, so I believe most people would be ready to pay the cost in order take part in this recycling movement. In the case of those people who are not ready to cooperate in using Bokashi at their homes, EM could be added to the garbage after it is carried to the factory. At any rate the raw garbage should be collected every day to prevent it from spoiling. Then it is not too late to treat it with EM after collection.
In order to further improve the quality of the fertilizer, it is better to add other organic materials into garbage while processing it. This year I visited a few fertilizer factories and found out they were using rice bran, activated carbon, fossil seashell, minerals, dung etc together with food garbage to produce high quality fertilizer.
To my knowledge there are already quite a few EM-fertilizer factories operating in Japan and far more in other countries around the world, so we already have enough proof of the effectiveness of EM as a method of recycling garbage. The next step is to create a nation-wide organization in order to extend this system to recycle all the garbage in Japan.
When this system is put on track and pulverized EM-fertilizer is available everywhere at a low price, I am sure more and more farmers will be ready to use it and say good -bye to harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
However, it is too optimistic to believe this system can spread to every corner of Japan all at once. I think it is better to select a few pilot communities where EM- technology is already recognized by local governments and used widely by common citizens. Governmental workers are sensitive to everything new, and often drag their feet when it comes to something for which there is no precedent. However, after something is proved officially, it can quickly become a boom.
As for myself, I would like to attempt to prepare a draft for a new law concerning garbage recycling. Of course nobody can do this kind of a job alone, so I need to find a number of Diet members who believe in this plan and who are willing to work together on it.
Households that have their own fields or kitchen gardens can easily recycle their kitchen garbage into EM compost and use it by themselves, and this practice is becoming common in many places around Japan. This kind of grassroots movement is of course very essential, but this time I would like to present a recycling system which can turn all food remains into high quality fertilizer. This system would cover all households, including those in apartments, and also restaurants, hotels, food- processing factories etc. Food refuse from the lives of 120millon people in Japan would produce enough fertilizer to replace all chemical fertilizers now in use, and thus offer us really healthy farm products grown in Japan.
The effect of EM fertilizer is not limited to the revival of farming.EM-Bokashi-used daily in households would revive the family life as well because EM purifies the atmosphere in the house making everyone healthier and happier. Furthermore, every citizen can feel he or she is taking part in the restoration of the earth.
In order to process all garbage into pulverized EM-fertilizer, we need to construct a great number of factories throughout Japan. As for their management, nongovernmental enterprises would be the best solution, but for the cost of the plants and equipment they would need financial aid from local and central governments. This public financing can be provided by the money, which was previously used for burning garbage at incinerators.
Transportation of the garbage from homes, restaurants, etc to the factories is not a big problem at all since we can use the present collecting system now in use to carry garbage from collecting stations to the incinerators. Citizens are already used to separating garbage according to type and putting it out for collection. The more difficult question is how to persuade households to add EM-Bokashi at home to their garbage before it is taken out for collection. Local governments should provide all households with garbage containers, and instruct citizens to sprinkle EM-Bokashi onto the garbage every time it is put into the container. The price of Bokashi is very low, so I believe most people would be ready to pay the cost in order take part in this recycling movement. In the case of those people who are not ready to cooperate in using Bokashi at their homes, EM could be added to the garbage after it is carried to the factory. At any rate the raw garbage should be collected every day to prevent it from spoiling. Then it is not too late to treat it with EM after collection.
In order to further improve the quality of the fertilizer, it is better to add other organic materials into garbage while processing it. This year I visited a few fertilizer factories and found out they were using rice bran, activated carbon, fossil seashell, minerals, dung etc together with food garbage to produce high quality fertilizer.
To my knowledge there are already quite a few EM-fertilizer factories operating in Japan and far more in other countries around the world, so we already have enough proof of the effectiveness of EM as a method of recycling garbage. The next step is to create a nation-wide organization in order to extend this system to recycle all the garbage in Japan.
When this system is put on track and pulverized EM-fertilizer is available everywhere at a low price, I am sure more and more farmers will be ready to use it and say good -bye to harmful chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
However, it is too optimistic to believe this system can spread to every corner of Japan all at once. I think it is better to select a few pilot communities where EM- technology is already recognized by local governments and used widely by common citizens. Governmental workers are sensitive to everything new, and often drag their feet when it comes to something for which there is no precedent. However, after something is proved officially, it can quickly become a boom.
As for myself, I would like to attempt to prepare a draft for a new law concerning garbage recycling. Of course nobody can do this kind of a job alone, so I need to find a number of Diet members who believe in this plan and who are willing to work together on it.
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