Aerate your compost ot provide vital air

Aeration is a composting necessity. It brings in fresh air to replenish oxygen and expel stale air.

Bringing fresh air to all parts of the compost is an important but often unstated requirement. Composting goes awry in areas without enough aeration, producing acids which accumulate and degrade the quality of your compost.

The traditional compost aeration methods

One traditional aeration requirement is regular mixing of the waste. Refreshing the air with thorough manual mixing is hard work, and missing any spots results in unsatisfactory compost.

Another traditional aeration method relies on creating air passages in your wastes for oxygen to move through. This is done by adding bulking agents; slow-composting materials such as wood chips. However, they don’t fully break down and will reduce the quality of your compost unless they are manually separated.

Innovative no-mixing compost aeration

You can aerate compost with a flow of air through it. With the right airflow, you can skip the bugbear of traditional composting - manual mixing or using bulking agents.

Importantly, the airflow must be able to provide all the required oxygen without over-aeration, which is disruptive because it dries out the compost.

Bioverter is a new innovative compost bin that self-aerates. It has a built-in aerator designed to provide the perfect amount of airflow. Its bespoke aeration even meets the oxygen demand of kitchen scraps, which exceeds that of garden waste. This enables you to compost everyday kitchen scraps as the main waste input, and convert the scraps quicker into rich compost without any mixing.