AUCKLAND

Based on beautiful Puketutu Island, Living Earth operates an outdoor windrow composting system to process Auckland greenwaste. It takes 3-4 months to brew, in which time the compost reaches a toasty 55°C. We make sure it stays above this temperature for the life of the composting process. The compost site is surrounded by birdlife and native bush, and is also adjacent to the lovely garden on the Kelliher Estate, where the functions centre of Dawson's is situated.

All compost made on Puketutu is used for Living Earth's bagged home gardener range, bulk supply to landscape supply yards, and commercial projects in and around the region. A small but increasing rural market is developing, particularly for the organic-certified compost.

CHRISTCHURCH

The Organics Processing Plant in Bromley receives nearly 50,000 tonnes of foodwaste and greenwaste per year from Christchurch households' "Love Organics" collection. Our state of the art processing plant contains a total of 18 in-vessel composting tunnels, where the household collection is processed over a period of 7-10 days. As in Auckland, the greenwaste material is brewed in windrows and takes 3-4 months to transform - Canterbury Compost