Backyard Garbageater Chews Up Organic Waste

Backyard Garbageater Chews Up Organic Waste FARM HOME Miscellaneous 7-4-3 If you have a conventional garbage disposal in your farm home, you're likely to end up one day unplugging chicken bones and egg shells from your septic system, says Jack Larson, manufacturer of a new backyard "Garbageater" that chews up house-hold waste and gets rid of it ù automatically. The Garbageater consists of a bottomless container buried in the ground and covered by a black cover that looks like a miniature space capsule. Organic waste of any kind is thrown "as is" into the Garbageater, falling to the bottom of the tube in the ground. The black upper half of the Garbageater absorbs heat from the sun while the garbage absorbs moisture from the ground. The combination of heat and moisture starts the natural process of decomposition, eating up coffee grounds, egg shells, fruit rinds, vegetable peelings, meat and fish scraps, bones and anything else organic. Liquids produced by the decomposition seep away harmlessly into the ground. "All that's left in the bottom after decomposition is a gray, ash-like material that makes good fertilizer for the garden," says Larson. Any time the temperature inside the unit is 50? or above, bacterial action will be at work on the garbage. Larson says that there may be some garbage buildup in the winter in northern climates but that in most cases the units have enough storage space to handle the problem. The Garbageater has no moving parts, and needs no electricity or plumbing. Larson says that if the cover is kept in place, there are noinsect or odor problems with the air-tight unit. Dogs and wild animals can't get into it when properly sealed. The Garbageater comes in two sizes, a 50 gal. model which "processes" enough garbage to take care of an average size home and a 160 gal. commercial unit. The 50 gal. model requires digging a 24 by 24-in. hole for the in-ground tube. The 50-gal. Garbageater sells for $160 and the 160 gal. unit for $300. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, J & J Incorporated, Sanborn, Minn. 56083 (ph 507 648-3720).

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