(Legenda) Pablo Handl and Terra Boa composters

Yesterday, I visited The Hub-SP, and learned that in addition to being a collaborative entrepreneur, Pablo Handl also has a very nice eco-enterprise called Rio-Sol Eco-opportunities. The company was incubated within the Artemisia Foundation, which promotes the construction of social business models; its first product is a composter that can be used in apartments: the Terra Boa.

The system is free and very easy to use at home. Three resistant and stackable plastic boxes transform all of the organic waste by using select earthworms to digest the waste.

Each Terra Boa composter has 1 box to collect the animal fat (with a faucet, at the bottom) and two digestive boxes. The main digestive box has a thin layer of humus and select earthworms that transform the organic waste deposited in the box into good soil, or terra boa in Portuguese. You can lay some dry leaves or shredded paper on top of the organic residues, and close the lid. In another expanded ceramic box, you can add humus and continue the process when the first one is full. The decomposition of this material generates leachate (a liquid byproduct of the decomposition). The leachate is practically and cleanly stored in the collecting box, and can be used to fertilize your plants.

The small set, shown in the photo above, costs R$ 250. It is ideal for families of up to 4 people. Orders can be placed by e-mail.: ecooportunidades [@] gmail.com

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