Green Cone Food Waste Digester

The Green Cone allows you to dispose of food waste naturally – including meat, fish, and cooked food – rather than sending it to landfill. It will reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill by around 20%, significantly reducing your carbon footprint. The Green Cone digests food waste down to its natural components: water, carbon dioxide, and a small residue. It takes all cooked and uncooked food waste, including meat, fish, bones, dairy products, fruit and vegetables, tea bags, coffee grounds, bread, egg shells, and other organic kitchen waste. Using the Green Cone you'll be able to dispose of food waste immediately. This means no more smelly bin in your kitchen or stinking dustbin outside. Your household waste will be kept clean for recycling. The Green Cone is not suitable for garden waste.

Low Maintenance and Simple to Use

The Green Cone is easy to install and simple to maintain. As soon as the disposal unit is set up in your garden, it will provide you with a year-round solution for eco-friendly food waste disposal. You will only need to remove the small amount of residue produced by the Green Cone once every few years. The residue does not need mixing or turning, and can be dug into any suitable area of soil.

A 4-litre kitchen caddy is included for collecting food waste and carrying it to the Green Cone disposal unit. No smells are emitted from the Green Cone, so it will not attract vermin or flies. The Green Cone's unobtrusive colour is designed to fit in with any garden or outdoor space.

Environmental Benefits

The Green Cone will reduce the waste the average family sends to landfill by around 20%. Less landfill waste means fewer lorries on the road carrying the waste, and reduces the need for environmentally degrading landfill sites

Green Cone's food waste digestion system produces considerably less methane than food waste sent to landfill. Methane is a greenhouse gas twenty times more potent than carbon dioxide. The Green Cone works using the natural energy of solar heat. No mechanical machinery, electricity, gas, or fossil fuels are required.

How does it work?

The Green Cone uses the power of the sun to create a solar heating effect that circulates air through food waste. This circulated air facilitates the growth of beneficial micro-organisms and bacteria to aerobically break down food waste. Digested food waste is converted into water, carbon dioxide, and a small amount of residue.

The included accelerator powder helps to break down waste when your Green Cone does not benefit from a full day of sunshine, for example during long periods of cold weather. The accelerator powder promotes the growth of bacteria that helps the food waste break down. You'll find it beneficial to use powder for the first few weeks after installing the Green Cone. Accelerator power is a mix of safe natural bacteria on a cereal base.

How much waste can it handle?

The Green Cone has an 80 litre capacity and can digest up to one kilo of food waste per day, the typical food waste produced by a family of four. Read the Frequently Asked Questions here.

Size

Above ground

• Height: 70cm
• Diameter base: 59cm
  
• Diameter lid: 28cm
  

Below ground

• Depth: 42cm
  

Included in the Box

• 4-part injection moulded Green Cone unit
• 4-litre kitchen caddy
• Accelerator powder
• Application jar for accelerator powder
• Green Cone assembly kit
• Instruction Manual (includes installation instructions and guide to everyday use)

Assembly requires a garden spade, a Philips screwdriver, and a Flathead screwdriver. The Green Cone should be placed in a sunny, close-to-hand location.

Suitable for

• Fish
• Meat
• Poultry
• Bones
• Bread
• Pasta
• Soup
• Curry
• Fruit including peelings
• Vegetables including peelings
• Dairy produce
• Cooked food scraps
• Crushed egg shells
• Tea bags

Unsuitable for

• Metal
• Wood
• Plastic
• Glass
• Paper
• Straw
• Grass cuttings
• Hedge clippings
• Bulk oil
• Disinfectant & bleaches
• Animal excrement
• Special treatment items (e.g. batteries)

The Green Cone is not a composter, and is not suitable for garden waste. Read our Frequently Asked Questions page here

Delivery

Delivery is to mainland England and Southern Scotland only. For shipping to Northern Ireland, the isles, and Northern Scotland, please contact us for a quote first.