Municipal Food Waste Collection

BinFood waste and other organics form almost 50% of the waste stream. Food waste in landfill generates methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The same food waste collected in a user friendly system with minimal contamination turned into compost provides an invaluable source of fertilizer for agriculture, greatly improves water retention in the soil and reduces erosion. BioBag has solutions that enable this process of source separation.

The BioBag® MaxAir® System suits all kinds of communities.
The pioneering MaxAir system (sometimes called the bio basket) is used by large communities like Port Adelaide Enfield (SA), growing communities such as Port Macquarie Hastings (NSW)  and many others in a variety of ways.  The key is the high householder acceptance that the MaxAir bin or 'biobasket' and BioBag's strong breathable, fully compostable bags create. Surveys show that the acceptance of the MaxAir system is much higher than a closed bin system. See for example the results of the ZeroWaste SA pilot study.


There have been very successful  trials in other states.  For example in WA both Mindarie and Mandurah reported excellent responses to their trials.  Everyone loves the convenient, simple, hygienic and clean system.


City to Soil
MaxAir has been an integral part of the success of the DECCW (NSW) City to Soil project.  City to Soil demonstrates how successful food organics and garden organics programs can be introduced into different communities.  This innovative and highly successful program showed how food waste can be turned into compost and channelled back into the soil with low capital costs though community engagement.

 

How another community addressed the issue of household food waste

 

 

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With the right tools and education people willingly separate their waste. The ventilated system developed by BioBag is the solution. The MaxAir bio basket and ‘breathable’ BioBags make separating food waste, simple, hygienic and odour free. Bin washing is reduced to a minimum. The bin can sit on the counter, in the cupboard or in slide-away racks. Join Port Macquarie, Leichhardt, Lismore, Port Adelaide Enfield, City to Soil, Wattle Range and many others in simple effective source separation.


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About MaxAir


Householders have always loved the MaxAir system. The ‘breathable’ BioBags combined with the highly ventilated bin make separating food waste, simple, hygienic and almost always odour free. Bin washing is reduced to a minimum. The bin can sit on the counter, in the cupboard or in slide-away racks. By contrast systems using closed bins are unpopular with residents because of smells, flies, leachate.


What do people say about Max Air & BioBag?


"Contamination in the ‘cornstarch’ bags has been so consistently low … that these are no longer opened."  (Inside Waste Jan/Feb ’09 page 14 reporting on the City to Soil project of DECCW)

"Achieves more than 90% diversion of household organics" (several studies)

"Householders praise the system" (NSW Waste Manager)

"I visited my sister/friend in Port Macquarie. I love the system where can I get a bin/why doesn’t my council adopt the system? " (frequent comment)

"It was very easy to use and there was no smell, which was a bit surprising." Mrs Slater Goulburn, NSW

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