Compost from FLORIS? Or compote?

It has always been a challenge for the catering industry to deal responsibly with all kinds of waste. For some time now, we have been the proud owners of an Oklin composting system. The great thing about it is that we can compost any kind of waste that is generated in our kitchen, but also any leftovers from an event. The principle is simple: everything that is natural - including biodegradable disposable tableware, coffee filters or eggshells - goes into the machine. With the help of special microorganisms, everything that we feed the composting system with becomes compost within 24 hours. To be precise, the waste is processed into a soil substitute with a high cellulose content and in the process is reduced in volume by up to 90 percent.

The gardener's gold!

Anyone who thinks that FLORIS smells less of food and more of manure is wrong. The so-called gardener's gold or compost smells intensely of fresh malt and is particularly nutritious for soil. It is not for nothing that this compost is called the gardener's gold. If you mix the compost with topsoil in a 1:1 ratio, you get a valuable fertilizer.

Fertilizing for a good cause

FLORIS currently produces up to 15 kg of compost per week. That's 30 kg of fertilizer. Even if the compost only produces around 10% of the originFal waste, that's still a lot. It's already too much to fertilize our raised bed, for example. That's why we give away large amounts of the compost we produce to sustainable initiatives such as urban gardening or farming projects that rely on donations. A large portion also goes to kindergartens and school projects. And our suppliers are always happy to receive the compost for their organic farming.

So far, we are the first caterer in Germany to compost ourselves. However, we hope that our colleagues will also discover the composting plant as a practical way of using up leftovers.

Please contact us if you would like to learn more about this topic!