COMPOSTING
The JK 125 and 270 Composters. Your own Ecological Revolution!
With a JK125 or JK270 composter,
you don't have to be a gardener - or even have a garden! - to be able
to produce your own nutritious compost. The JK125/270 helps you make
perfect compost from your kitchen waste hygienically, with the minimum
of fuss and mess (and no worms!). Your food waste will no longer rot
and smell in your dustbin until collection day, and you can take comfort
in the fact that you are playing your part in reducing the demands
on our overburdened landfill sites.
Perhaps you want to 'do your bit' for the environment but never thought
it was possible to compost all your kitchen waste...
Perhaps the Council now only collects your food waste every other
week and it rots and smells in a wheelie bin or black plastic sack...
Perhaps you've tried composting before, and been unimpressed by the
results - wondering if the stuff in the plastic bin at the end of
your garden will ever stop smelling and rot down... Perhaps you've
noticed how conventional composters can attract rats and mice, particularly
if you are putting your kitchen waste in them... Perhaps you've considered
buying a wormery-type composter, but have been put off by the thought
of managing and cleaning up after all those wriggling, squirming worms...
Rotation Regular mixing
is necessary for successful composting for two reasons:
Fresh waste is brought into direct contact with decaying waste, increasing
the efficiency of the process, Air is allowed into the mixture, providing
the oxygen that is vital for the process.
The JK125/270 composter is constructed
for ease and simplicity of rotation - it's simply turned by hand whenever
waste is put in.The composting process generates heat, and the different
microorganisms start working at different temperatures. The insulation
in the JK125/270 composter allows the temperature to rise as high
as 75 degrees C, resulting in the quickest and most efficient composting
of your organic kitchen waste. (The photos opposite and below are
of our own JK270 in operation at home.)
As temperatures drop in winter, the composting process will slow.
However, because of its integral insulation, the JK125/270 will continue
working long after other composters have stopped completely. The photos
our JK270 were taken in January and February this year, when local
temperatures got down below minus 5 degrees C on several occasions,
and twice reached overnight lows of minus 7 degrees.
The JK125/270 is divided into two compartments. One is being filled
while the compost in the other matures. Once the compartment being
filled can take no more, the mature compost is emptied from the other
compartment, and the cycle begins again
The
JK 125/270 composter will accept all organic waste generated by a
household:
Raw and cooked food scraps - vegetable, meat or fish Cardboard, e.g.
egg cartonsGarden waste
In fact, anything biodegradable - even pet waste, e.g. your rabbit
or hamster bedding. In addition to the waste, which has a high nitrogen
content, a source of carbon must be added to provide an energy source
for the microorganisms. This is done by adding sawdust or wood pellets
(which are simply compressed sawdust) when adding the waste. Add woodpellets
in the ratio of 1:10 (pellets to waste). Add sawdust in the ratio
of 1:3 sawdust to waste. The sawdust/wood pellets also absorb moisture,
keeping the mixture relatively dry. We have tried using wood shavings
but this was not so successful as they do not absorb the moisture
to the same degree as sawdust or pellets. Wood pellets can usually
be obtained from a solid-fuel appliance vendor as they are used as
a biofuel in special wood-burning stoves and boilers. One of our customers
has recently told us that coir works very well, as do dry leaves.
Dry, chopped straw can also be used.
Note to cat owners: wood pellets are also available as cat litter,
so this is an excellent environmentally-friendly way of disposing
of your cat waste!
It will take somewhere in the region of 6 to 8 weeks for each chamber
from starting to fill to production of compost - so once both chambers
are in operation you should be emptying one chamber every 3-4 weeks
or so.
For answers to our frequently-asked questions,
click here
Click on this link to
download the operating instructions.
Note that the JK 270 now comes in the slightly darker green colour
of the JK 125.
To work out the appropriate size for you, the best thing is to measure
your waste output over a typical week and compare with the capacities
given below. If you are unsure, go for the JK 270. There is no harm
in having additional capacity.
Note that the machines are delivered flat-packed (like all things
Swedish!) but are not difficult to assemble.
Prices
The JK 125 costs £199 plus £30 delivery
- total £229. (a VAT invoice will be despatched with
the machine)
The JK 270 costs £299 plus £40 delivery - total £339.
(a VAT invoice will be despatched with
the machine)
DELIVERY POLICY
Jora JK125/270
We aim to dispatch orders within three working days of payments being
cleared. Deliveries are made via a national courier service, usually
next day, but in any case within 3 working days of dispatch.
CANCELLATION AND RETURNS
Jora JK125/270
Orders may be cancelled within seven working days of being received.
If you decide to cancel after the JK125/270 has been dispatched, it
may be returned if it is unused and in its original packaging for
a full refund, less our original delivery costs. Please return the
goods to us within 14 days of your receiving them. The cost and responsibility
for the safe return of the goods will be yours.
Please call 0845 0037454 or email
us at: info@sunwindandrain.co.uk
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