Food Scrap Management

In-Vessel Compost Technologies

In-vessel compost systems are designed for food scrap generators to compost on site. This site features small to mid-sized commercial systems intended for on-site use by food generators. If you are a homeowner looking for backyard compost information, please see Home Gardening. Additional composting resources are available on our Organic Materials Management web site.

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• Advanced Biotechnology
• Augspurger Engineering
• Biosystem Solutions
• BW Organics
• Engineered Compost Systems
• EPM Inc.
• Environmental Products & Technologies Corporation (EPTC)
• Covered and Aerated Compost Systems
• More In-Vessel Technologies (G-W)

Advanced Biotechnology

GOMIXER
#2 East Lake Way
P.O. Box 3637
Airdrie, Alberta, Canada T4B 2B8
Phone: (403) 912-7424
Fax: (403) 948-4780
E-mail:  info@gomixer.com

Advanced biotechnology inc. markets and distributes the GOMIXER complete organic waste disposal system, which biologically converts solid food waste into liquid. The result is a nutrient rich water that is virtually odor free and safely disposed of through existing sewage treatment facilities. It is currently used throughout Japan to reduce the amount of food waste being sent to landfills and other disposal sites. The equipment can be incorporated into the waste systems of hotels, restaurants, resorts, cruise ships, government facilities, remote camps and any other facility that generates solid food waste. It is an onsite solution for waste generators.

Augspurger Engineering

15455 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop, Ste. C14
Scottsdale, AZ 85260-1609
Phone: (480) 483-5966
Fax: (480) 483-0070
E-mail: engineering@aeincaz.com

Augspurger's mobile unit is an electrically powered batch system using a drum with a volume of 3 cubic yards, mounted on a support chassis which includes a drive system to rotate the drum. Cycle time runs three to four weeks, with the unit being rotated and fan aerated daily by either manual or automatic control.

Augspurger's second model is also mobile and electrically powered. It is a continuous process system with a volume of 10 to 100 cubic yards, depending on the size of the unit. Material is added each day and after three to four weeks, finished compost is expelled daily.

Biosystem Solutions

7 Ellery Lane
Westport, CT 06880
Phone: (203) 557-0644
Fax: (203) 227-4635
Email: info@biosystemsolutions.com

Biosystem Solutions designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of automated in-vessel thermophilic and vermi-composting equipment. The BioSafe™ is a highly-effective vermicomposting system specifically designed to convert cafeteria food waste while educating our youth. The BioChamber™ and BioLane™ are unique, space and processing efficient advanced thermophilic composting systems that can be adapted to just about any site, which now enable composting to be commercially viable solutions for a wide range of applications. The BioLane™ is the industry’s only fully automated vermi-composting system.

BW Organics, Inc.

475 CR 2300
Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482
Phone: (888) 293-0033 | (903) 438-2525
Fax: (903) 438-2626
Email: BWOrganics@neto.com

BW Organics makes variable sized units ranging from one cubic yard to 96 cubic yards. All units operate on a continuous flow basis with the exception of the 1-yard unit, which is a batch system.

Engineered Compost Systems

4211 24th Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98199
Phone:  (206) 634-2625
Fax: (206) 634-1309
Email: steve@compostsystems.com

ECS offers containerized (above right) and stationary (right) in-vessel compost systems for processing 1 to 200+ tons per day. The sealed, in-vessel design controls odors and collects leachate. The computer controlled aeration system produces a compliance record and minimizes odor generation. The complete system includes integrated mixing, loading, and screening equipment.

EPM Inc.

P.O. Box 1295
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Phone:  (800) 779-1709
Fax: (541) 767-2744

EPM Inc. manufactures small, institutional and industrial-sized vermicompost systems. The insulated systems are waterproof, have a vented cover and have a powder-coated frame. Ventilation is controlled by forced aeration. The casting collection area is powder coated and sealed with a drain plug.

Environmental Products & Technologies Corporation (EPTC)

2219 East Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 373 Thousand Oaks, California 91362
Phone: (805) 492-6865
Fax: (818) 865-2210
Email: chieftec@eptcorp.com
Website: http://www.eptcorp.com/index.html

EPTC's continuous-flow process consists of the aerobic bioreactor with support ancillary components consisting of optional sand & gravel separator, chopper pump system, FAN press screw separator, 15-cubic yard loader with input conveyor system, an output conveyor system, a compost tea holding tank, a steel storage container for electronics and oxygen generator and compressor system and an optional drop-box 20-ton transport container. EPTC system includes complete automated electronics control system and oxygen generator/compressor system. EPTC's system composts organic materials in 3 days.

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