source separation of food waste - turning waste into compost

USE OF COMPOST FROM FOOD WASTE
The compost produced was used by the Landscape Department of MPSJ for maintaining their parks and landscapes.
Apart from internal use, MPSJ also packed the composts and distributed it for free to the participating hawkers as an
incentive as well as distributed to the public during road shows and promotional programmes.
• The compost produced from the food waste (left) and application for gardening / flowering by the MPSJ Landscape Department (right)
The overall workflow of the operation is illustrated as below:
Compost returns to nature as
nutrients for plant growth and yield
which in turn, are used as raw
ingredients in food preparation
Hawkers generate food
waste from food
preparation and consumption
MPSJ uses the compost for
parks and landscapes and
distributes it to the hawkers
for gardening
Hawkers separate
food waste and
dispose of it into
special waste bins
Composting machine
processes the food
waste into compost
within 24-48 hours
Contractor collects
and transports the
food waste to USJ 1
Composting Facility
Hawkers transfer their
food waste to a
communal waste bin
THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE COMPOSTING PROGRAMME
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