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5. USING THE COMPOSTER BIOLAN 220
The composter is intended for biodegradable waste. Do not put
anything into the unit that hampers the composting process or
does not compost, such as:
• plastic, rubber, glass, leather
• chemicals, rot-resistant or disinfecting agents, paints, sol-
vents, petrol
• detergents, washing water
• lime
• ash, cigarette butts, matches
• vacuum cleaner bags
• coloured advertising paper
• a large amount of paper at one time
5.1 Filling
• empty the biowaste bin into the composter. The larger the bits
you place in the compost, the longer it takes for them to de-
compose.
• 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 bulking material. A suit-
able 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 accumu-
lating. 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 tem-
perature of the outside air, turn the adjuster of the inlet air
valve to the figure 100. Follow the temperature of the com-
poster and the outside air. If the compost mass tends to cool
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. Mix-
ing is not necessary after every time waste is being 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.
5.2 Emptying
• The Composter Biolan 220
Thanks to the oxygen burst, the temperature of the mass
often rises in connection with the emptying. Empty the com-
poster, when it is almost full with waste. The composter must
be emptied more often during the cold season than during the
warm season.
• during the winter, only empty a small amount at a time. During
the summer, you can empty more – however, only a maximum
of half the content.
• open the emptying door (part 15) and empty the mass the
lower way using spade.
• finish the job using for example the Emptying Aid. Clean in par-
ticular the edges of the emptying door and its doorway.
• also clean under the liquid separator plate (part 19), 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 bulking material onto the bottom of
the composter.
• close the emptying door.
• using 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.
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5.3 To be observed during the cold season
The heat in the composter is generated by the composting waste.
The unit itself does not create any heat. The micro-organisms
continuously need fresh waste to maintain their vital functions.
The thermal insulation of the Composter Biolan 220
vents the heat from escaping, and thus sustains the operation as
well as prevents freezing up.
• in the cold time of the year it is important to use the com-
poster, 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 composter's gauge had shown zero for a few days,
the composter can still contain some non-frozen mass. Do not
stop filling the composter. If the composter fills up, empty it
also in winter.
• do not reduce the amount of bulking material or stop using it
during the cold season, as that is when using it in large amounts
is particularly important. Wet mass freezes more easily.
• keep the bulking material in a warm space, and protect it
against the rain.
• check that the circulation of air does not become obstructed
if the inlet or outlet air valve (part 21 or 8) freezes. Remove
any ice, as required.
• freezing of the mass neither damages the composter or its
parts nor harms the compost mass. Decomposing of the com-
post mass will continue once the sun starts warming things up
again in spring.
5.4 Cleaning the Composter Biolan 220
• 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 inlet air valve (part 21), the outlet air opening and
the seep liquid hose, if necessary.
5.5 Using the inlet air valve
• if the temperature of the composter is higher than the tem-
perature of the outside air, keep the adjuster of the inlet air
valve (part 22), in the front wall, turned to the right, at the po-
sition 100. Follow the temperature of the composter and the
outside air. If the compost mass starts to cool down, decrease
the setting until the temperature stabilises.
• during the warm season, you can, in general, keep the air inlet
valve fully open, i.e. in the position 100, and during the cold sea-
son, almost closed, i.e. in the position 20.
• by design, the air inlet valve can never be fully closed.
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