| THE DIOCESE of Liverpool is turning to technology from Japan in an attempt to go greener.
Clergy and laity in the diocese are trying out the pioneering Bokashi Bin, an airtight container that “pickles” food waste, which can then be used in the garden.
The bins were invented by Professor Teruo Higa, from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, and are recommended for those with small urban gardens — or just a window box.
The device is backed by the Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones. Anne Merry, project director of Faiths4Change, described the bins. “They are relatively small, odourless and can fit comfortably into a kitchen. They give enough compost for hanging baskets and window boxes and are a great way of re-using kitchen waste.”
Canon Mark Stanford, Team Vicar of St Philemon’s, Toxteth, has been using the bin at home. “It’s a small plastic box with a beer-barrel tap at the bottom. You put vegetable and cooked food waste in there, and then cover it with bran, which rots it into liquid compost.
“After about four weeks you can put it in your garden or add it to your compost heap. It’s a good idea, and hopefully it will help us to reduce our rubbish output which is quite large as we have four children.”
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