Biolan Quick composter 220eco

Product code: green 70579000, dark grey 70579100

Biolan Quick Composter 220eco is intended for year-round composting of kitchen biowaste. Effective ventilation means less mixing and more convenient composting. The channel supplying air to the centre of the compost mass helps to ensure a quicker composting process. A temperature gauge and adjustable air valves mean easier maintenance and process monitoring. The Quick Composter has excellent thermal insulation, cover sealings and an integrated body, which prevent cold air from
penetrating the unit. The composter is protected against harmful animals.

 Technical information:

• Volume: about 220 litres
• Height: 115 cm
• Bottom area: 54 x 54 cm
• Cover (w x l): 73 x 80 cm
• Diameter of the seep liquid hole: 16 mm
• Weight of the cover when opening: 3,5 kg
• Weight of an empty composter: about 30 kg
• Weight of a full composter: 100 – 150 kg
• Working height: 102 cm
• Material: frost-resistant UV-protected polyethylene
• Insulation material: freon-free polyurethane
• Ventilation: adjustable, patented
• Other items: thermometer
• Optional colours: green, dark grey

Using the Composter Biolan 220eco

The composter is intended for biodegradable waste. Do not put into the unit anything that hampers the composting process or does not compost, such as:

• plastic, rubber, glass, leather
• chemicals, rot-resistant or disinfecting agents, paints, solvents, petrol
• detergents, washing water
• lime
• ash, cigarette butts, matches
• vacuum cleaner bags
• coloured advertising paper
• large amount of paper at one time

Filling

• if you use biodegradable bags, empty the waste from the bag into the composter and put the bag there separately.
• always cover the waste with Biolan Compost and Toilet Bulking Material. A suitable amount is about 1/3–1/2 of the
• amount of waste added. Use more bedding if the waste is wet.
• you can also put the bedding onto the bottom of the biowaste bin. This way the bin will also remain tidy.
• Continue the filling at the same pace as the waste is accumulating. If possible, add waste to the composter several times a
• week. This is particularly important during the cold season.
• if the temperature of the composter is higher than the temperature of the outside air, turn the adjuster of the inlet air valve to the figure 100. Follow the temperature of the composter and the outside air. If the compost mass starts cooling down, decrease the setting until the temperature stabilises.
  using the Compostmixer, mix the part of the waste added most recently, i.e. the layer about 20-30 cm thick from the top.
• Mixing is not necessary after every time waste is added. The more generously you apply the bedding, the less you need to mix the mass.
• do not mix the compost mass down to the bottom, so that the lowest layer that has already cooled down does not cool
• down the compost mass in the heating phase.

Emptying

• The Composter Biolan 220eco light must be emptied all-year round. Thanks to the oxygen burst, the temperature of the mass often rises in connection with the emptying. Empty the composter, when it is almost full with waste. During the warm season, empty at most half of the total content. During the cold season, empty the composter less frequently, and remove smaller amounts at a time.
• open the emptying door and empty mass the lower way using spade.
• finish to job using the Emptying Aid Clean in particular the edges of the emptying door and its opening.
• also clean under the liquid separator plate, and make sure that the seep liquid hose is not clogged.
• if the mass that you are emptying is very wet, shovel a couple of spadefuls of Biolan Compost and Toilet Bulking Material on the bottom of the composter.
• close the emptying door.
• Push down the mass after the emptyingusing the Compostmixer or the spade, push down the mass from the top. This is easiest to begin from the corners. Be careful not to break the air channel in the middle.
• empty the seep liquid receptacle, if necessary.

To be observed during the cold season

The heat in the composter is generated by combustion of the waste. The unit itself does not create any heat. The micro-organisms continuously need fresh waste for maintenance of their vital functions. The thermal insulation of the Composter Biolan 220eco light prevents the heat from escaping, and thus sustains the operation.

in the cold time of the year it is important to use the composter, i.e. to fill and empty it. Only then can such conditions be created for the micro-organisms that they will be able to maintain a temperature that is higher than the outside air temperature.
even if the reading of the temperature gauge drops to zero or close to it, do not stop using the composter.
even if the composter’s temperature gauge has been at zero for a few days, there may still be some unfrozen mass inside the composter. If the composter is full, empty it even in the winter.
do not reduce or stop the use of bedding even in the cold time of the year; using plenty of bedding is even more important then. Wet mass freezes more easily.
store the bedding in a warm space, protected against rain.
check that freezing of the air inlet or the air outlet valves will not impede the circulation of air. Remove any ice as needed.
freezing of the mass does not harm the compost mass or damage the composter or its components. The decomposition of the compost mass will continue once the sun starts warming things up again in spring.

Cleaning the Composter Biolan 220eco

• Do not wash the composter. Various mould and ray fungi and micro-organisms are the decomposers in the compost, and should not be washed away.
• Clean the air inlet valve, the air outlet opening and the seep liquid hose, if necessary.
• Using the air inlet valve

if the temperature of the composter is higher than the temperature of the outside air, keep the adjuster of the inlet air valve turned to the right, i.e. in the position 100.
follow the temperature of the composter and the outside air. If the compost mass starts cooling down, decrease the setting until the temperature stabilises.
during the warm season, you can generally keep the air inlet valve fully open, i.e. in the position 100, and during the cold season, almost closed, i.e. in the position 20.
by design the air inlet valve can never be fully closed. In the position 20, 20 % of its holes are open.
Using the air outlet valve

normally, the air outlet valve does not need to be adjusted. It is open, and cannot be closed at all. If the moisture-content of the composter is high, you can increase the ventilation by opening the valve.
to open the valve, move its knob to the position “extra”, i.e. to the right, seen from behind the composter.
note that the intensified ventilation may cool down the composter in winter. Follow the situation.

Installation

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