About Temesi compost

The escalating waste which is polluting Bali’s formerly pristine environment demands a comprehensive waste solution. A public campaign without a good comprehensive collection system frustrates and de-motivates the public as they cannot comply, and a collection system without a good environmentally friendly waste treatment doesn’t help nature.

That is why the Gianyar Waste Recovery Project addresses waste treatment first. The objective of this project is to research and develop an environmentally friendly, safe and economically viable solution to waste treatment for the entire Regency of Gianyar with its 500,000 inhabitants, which can be easily replicated in the region. In a community-based program style, the community of Temesi in the poorer eastern part of Bali will also take ownership of the project, once it is fully implemented, which will help to alleviate poverty and transfer new knowledge.

Our implementing partner on this project is a local NGO, Yayasan Gelombang Udara Segar (GUS ) – Wave of Fresh Air.

The pilot facility was build March until June 2004 and started operating on June, 25 th 2004. Since June 2004 the Facility has gained wide local and international attention and thus raised high expectations. In the pilot facility, the waste treatment procedures are optimized. In the facility’s state-of-the-art research station and laboratory, large scale forced aeration.

composting is studied and continuously improved with the goal to produce a high quality product without the need of turning compost piles. The pilot operation receives international academic support as this process is still shrouded in myths

By January 2007, all required input had been established to expand the facility’s capacity – in a second phase from 4 tons to 50 tons per day or 17,500 tons per year. The added capacity will allow processing all waste collected from the 500,000 inhabitants and tourists of the Regency of Gianyar, to which Ubud belongs. Only this capacity expansion will make the project a viable full size model for replications.

The capacity expansion required investment into additional space and equipment as well as funding for the executing NGO and the preparation of all tools required for replications. US$ 150,000 still needs to be raised to complete the project. The land and other services are given free of charge by the local government.

In 2008, the Gianyar Waste Recovery Project was one of 13 projects selected from 353 proposals as a Showcase Project. This award by the ROAP/APEED of the UN Environment Program includes USD 30,000 to be used for further technology transfer.

Now in 2009, we are going to expand our production area to twice its size. We also started to operate according the ISO 9000 norm to improve quality both in our product and service.

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