In-Vessel Composting Facility (IVC)
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Four new enclosed In -Vessel Composting (IVC) facilities will treat your garden and kitchen waste.
The IVC's are located at the following sites:
- Chichester Street, Waithlands in Rochdale- Completed
- Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury- Expected completion date -Completed
- Over Hulton in Bolton- Expected completion date To Be Confirmed
- Nash Road, Trafford Park- Completed
The IVC facilities will compost kerbside collected garden and food waste, in enclosed buildings. Composting harnesses the power of naturally occurring aerobic micro-organisms that use atmospheric oxygen to generate energy and break down organic matter.
The In-Vessel Composting process accelerates this decomposition and usually takes between two and three weeks. It has five key stages that occur in an enclosed building:
- Pre-preparation: on arrival, the waste is inspected and the materials that cannot be composted are removed.
- Shredding: the material to be composted is then shredded in a bio-chopper to prepare it for processing.
- Composting: the shredded waste is placed in silo vessels, where temperature and oxygen levels are carefully monitored to provide a perfect environment for micro-organisms to thrive.
- Maturation: the composted material is left to mature for a period of between two and three weeks to make it suitable for use.
- Screening and storage: following maturation, the product is checked to ensure it is of a high-quality, ready for dispatch.
