Jora Kompost - an ecological revolution of your own!
Composting has never been easier with this rotating, heat-generating and insulated
composter. Convenient and simple to use - all year round.
Enjoy seeing the transformation of your kitchen waste into nutritious compost that
you can use to fertilise lawns, pot plants, vegetable gardens and flower beds.
This Swedish designed quality home composting unit is manufactured to impeccably
high standards. Available in 2 sizes, both units feature 2 insulated compartments
and are self standing or can be mounted to the wall (brackets included). An
optional stand is also available to
lift the composter high enough to get a wheelbarrow underneath. For those who cannot
mount their composter to a wall, this is a handy alternative.
The Little Pig is perfect for a household of 4 - 6 people (10-12 litres of kitchen
waste a week).
Wall-mounted Composter
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Compost in 3 easy steps...
- To begin, simply add your daily kitchen scraps, doggie and garden waste to
a starter eg; active compost. The insulated environment will increase in temperature;
creating the ideal ecological environment for decomposing solid matter.
- Add some sawdust to ensure you have the correct ratio of wet & dry ingredients.
- Rotate the barrel every time you add waste to ensure adequate aeration and
your organic, nutrient rich compost will be ready for use in around 6 weeks!
Why choose the Joraform Composter?
Fully insulated and aerated
The most suitable organisms for decomposition are oxygen
breathers or “aerobes” and there must be an adequate movement of air through the
decomposing matter to supply their needs. The Jora composter has been cleverly constructed
to allow aeration while simultaneously accelerating the decomposing process as the
temperature is maintained at the correct level for decomposing to occur.
Fully rotating for proper mixing!
One of the big advantages of the Jora composters is how easy it is to mix the
contents. Rotating the unit draws in air, preventing odours and mixing wet and dry
matter. By rotating the unit, aeration occurs and the moisture is evenly distributed
so new surface planes emerge for the micro-organisms to digest.
Easy to balance wet & dry
For efficient breakdown of waste matter, the correct combination of aeration,
temperature plus sufficient mixing with the correct wet & dry ratio is required.
The combination of rotation and sawdust make it easy to maintain the temperature,
aeration and wet & dry ratio. One turn of the unit with each new quantity of waste
is sufficient to aerate the contents. Rotate the unit more frequently if the waste
is very wet, to ensure even distribution of the sawdust or wood pellets.
The role played by sawdust / wood shavings
The use of sawdust / wood shavings absorbs the moisture and gives structure
to the compost, keeping it well aerated. The addition of sawdust has 3 important
functions. Micro-organisms need both carbon and nitrogen. For each part nitrogen
(N) there needs to be 30 parts carbon (C). Green waste and food waste are very high
in nitrogen. Therefore, carbon is needed to balance the waste. When you add dry
sawdust, it...
• absorbs moisture
• adds structure to the finished compost
• provides a carbon source on which the micro-organisms feed
Jorakompost has been tested and evaluated in a project comprising 466 households
in small houses and blocks of flats and day nurseries. The results have proved most
satisfactory as has been shown in the Report No. 4229 by the Swedish Authority for
Environment Conservation.
A rotating heat compost for convenient and simple use all the year round. Enjoy
seeing the conversion of your kitchen waste into nutritious compost earth. Compost
earth with which you can fertilise lawns, pot plants, and flower beds.
In a Joraform Compost it's an easy thing to compost all your kitchen food waste
including meat and fish. Not many composters can do that.
The key to success is rotation
Mixing is necessary for making a compost to work well
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• Both for making the fresh waste coming into contact with that already mouldered,
thereby rendering the process more effective,
• and in order to add air, necessary for the high demand for oxygen of the process.
This is done in a very simple way because these composting bins have been constructed
for easy rotation. Furthermore it is very easy to adjust the air supply to suit
the quantity of waste by aid of ventilators in the side walls of the machine. Insufficient
airing makes a compost smell bad.
Jorakompost - heat and efficiency
Breaking down of a compost generates heat. Different micro-organisms start working
at different temperatures. The Big and Little Pig Composts are well insulated and
allow the temperature to rise to as high as +75°C for the maximum breaking down
point. Without insulation it may not be possible to reach such a high temperature,
which in turn means that micro-organisms demanding high temperatures for their activity
will never start working.
Using an insulated, rotating compost you get a more even heat distribution and an
active breaking down process in the entire volume. That is why composting is made
rapid; approximately 6 - 8 weeks time. The high temperature makes the Jorakompost
especially suited for kitchen waste, both cooked and uncooked, including meat and
fish scraps.
Two compartments, for maximum results
The compost bin is divided into two compartments to make emptying and bringing
to maturity easier. The compartment filled last is covered by a sheet while the
other compartment is emptied of its completed compost.
By composting your domestic waste, you will reduce the weight of your waste up to 50%.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is the best material to use when beginning with the Big or Little Pig composter?
A. Place a couple of shovel loads of active compost, horse or chicken manure
into the new side to begin the process.
Q. Why can I put meat into this composter? I thought meat was no good.
A. One of the main reasons that meat has traditionally been excluded from compost
is that is attracts vermin. With the Joraform composters, they are completely sealed
units which are also elevated therefore this is no longer a problem.
Q. How important is adding newspaper, lawn and garden clippings to making good
compost?
A. The key to making a compost work is aeration and the correct mix of carbon
and nitrogen. Tear up all household paper and newspapers; add garden clippings and
also wood shavings or pellets to remove the moisture. The design of the Big and
Little Pig composters is that it’s easy to rotate and introduce air and turn over
the planes so that the micro organisms can do their work.
Q. I’ve seen other rotating compost bins. What makes the Joraform Composter so
unique?
A. Composting works best when it’s left to do its stuff. The twin compartments
of the Joraform composters allow for one side to be completely closed off when full.
The heat generated in this highly insulated unit reaches up to 75° centigrade.
Product Specifications:
Volume: 125L
Capacity: 4-6 persons or 10-12L / week
Size: 960mm x 836mm
Weight: Approx 29kg
Suitable for Composting
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Unsuitable for Composting
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| Food scraps (raw, cooked, fried and smoked) |
Cigarette butts, ashes, snuff and tobacco |
| Meat - and bones |
Chewing gum |
| Fish - and bones |
Tinfoil and other metals |
| Shellfish |
Rubber Items |
| Vegetables |
Cat sand |
| Eggs - and shells |
Vacuum cleaner bags |
| Potatoes |
Envelopes, newspapers, or other heavily printed matter |
| Bread and biscuits |
Any plastics, plastic bags |
| Fruit (every kind) |
Milk or juice cartons (they are waxed) |
| Coffee drains and filters |
Cling film |
| Teabags and tealeaves |
Pieces of coloured or impregnated wood (a pollutant to the
compost) |
| Household paper, paper bags (non-coloured) |
Sacking |
| Serviettes (non-coloured) |
Fire ashes, chalk, earth |
| Egg cartons (non-coloured without tags) |
| Sawdust from hamster/guinea pig cages |
| Flower water from vases, pots and terraces |
| Dog waste |
Joraform - their mission is to develop environmental
products that make it easier for you to live with awareness and respect for the
natural environment.
The company behind these remarkable compost units is Joraform, which has developed
and marketed compost machines for local composting of domestic waste with the view
of educating and providing assistance in regards to recycling from tenant-owner’s
associations, housing firms, building companies, schools and institutional kitchens.
Joraform is a company with extensive experience in the field of composting domestic
waste. They have been cooperating with The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
(Naturvårdsverket) in composting projects, where several hundreds of households
have been participating. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Statens
Lantbruksuniversitet) has been doing analyses and cultivation experiments of the
resulting compost. It all began in 1990 with their rotating compost bin for single-family
households.
Joraform were the first company that presented the idea of a rotating compost bin…now
they have developed a composting solutions for domestic waste of up to several hundreds
of households.
Their mission is to develop environmental products that make it easier for you to
live with awareness and respect for the natural environment.
The idea of recycling pervades the entire company.
