These 24-hour composters are the worst thing to happen ever since composting at community level began sometime in 2011-12. These monstrous machines—that can throw up power bills running into Rs 25,000-30,000 per month— have now become real estate builders’ favourites all over India. One of the main attractions is they occupy far less space than other solutions even though these bogus machines cost a lot more.
Most of the apartments who have been saddled with these machines have junked them in a corner and are looking sustainable solutions. But lack of designated space to install any other solution has been the main hindrance.
What these machine put out is not compost. It’s burnt carbon. You will end up damaging the soil composition in your garden in case you ignore the horrible consequences being suffered by other citizens and continue to dump all sorts of waste into these machines.
Please remember: the first lot to be vitimised by these machines are you, your family, your pets, your community. Because, the output (which even the machine makers refuse to buy/take back) will damage the air, the water and the soil around you. On top of it, after spending lakhs of rupees to pay the power bills, you will have to send it for landfilling through a private contractor.
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