Compost Motion

The ecological composting accelerator

With traditional composting methods, it takes two to three months to process GFT waste into mature compost. The Compost Motion, an elegant invention by Arthur Jourdan and Wouter Liekens, reduces that time to three to four weeks. And that entirely on (a little) solar energy.

Compost Motion wants to make composting easier for individuals and entrepreneurs. Not just with a machine that works ecologically, but with a machine that is also built ecologically. The Compost Motion is powered by solar energy, propelled by water in a closed circuit and produced with recycled Plexiglas.

How it works. Successful composting stands and falls with regularly stirring up the fermenting material. That way, enough oxygen gets everywhere to feed the process. The Compost Motion automates that stirring by essentially putting compost into a water wheel. A pump connected to a solar panel steadily pumps the water wheel's tanks full, causing the wheel to spin. On the inside of the wheel is a compost reservoir with small rakes. With each turn, the rakes root through the compost. No more and no less: genius in its simplicity.

If all goes well, the machine will hit the market in 2020.
More information and product specifications can be found on the project's preliminary website.