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Kitchen Waste Turned into Organic Fertilizer in 3 Hours, Academia Sinica Academician Yang Chiu-chung's World First

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The Battle Against Disease and Kitchen Waste 14"Taiwan's Pride! Academia Sinica Academician Yang Chiu-chung's World First: Kitchen Waste Transformed into Organic Fertilizer in 3 Hours

Where should pig-feed kitchen waste go? Treat it quickly with enzymes and turn it into fertilizer in just three hours! Academia Sinica Academician and Chair Professor of the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences at National Chung Hsing University Yang Chiu-chung has developed a composting technology that uses enzymes instead of microorganisms, greatly improving processing efficiency and eliminating the most troublesome odor problem of traditional composting.

Yang Chiu-chung buries himself in stacks of materials, devoting decades of research to finding the best solution for organic waste (photo / Tsai Chia-shan)

Why does soil grow thinner the more chemical fertilizer is used? Academia Sinica Academician Yang Chiu-chung explains

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