I was wondering if the fresh bokashi would be too acidic and “eat” through the pipe?

Thanks, Shari

@joy – regarding disposal, flushing something down the toilet is an inherently eco-un-friendly way of disposing of it. Most toilet cisterns in the Western World are full of water which has been through an expensive and environmentally damaging water treatment process – the same process that makes tap water fit to drink. To use this clean water as basically a lubricant to send waste down pipes and back to another expensive and damaging water treatment plant is clearly absurd; doubly so if the waste (like bokashi compost) can be disposed of by safely digging it into the ground.

I don’t really see any alternative for those without a garden to just giving it away to gardening friends unfortunately.
Those people lucky enough to live in cities who offer food-recycling services would probably be better off making use of those services. As they deal in bulk quantities, they are a more efficient way of processing waste, and often recoup some of the cost by selling the final product on.

@Kay – if your container stinks badly, you’re doing it wrongly. We found that you need to put enough bran into the container, otherwise the whole process “fails”. Some items seem to require more bran than others (I think proteinous foods in particular, but don’t quote me on that). We err on the side of caution and put in more bran than necessary sometimes to make sure we don’t create a stink.
You need to make sure you layer the food and bran – you can’t just dump a load of bran on the top of a mountain of food and expect them to magically mix.
Draining the juice regularly is also key. Fruits and veg in particular cause a lot of juice to build up, which leads to the stink.
Also, the bran won’t magically fix food that has already started to spoil. If it’s already stinky when you put it in, it will continue to stink.

Hope that helps!

So possibly we’ve done something wrong… Any advice?

I just found a blog that talked about the same problem. The author dumped the bokashi contents into a compost bin so that they’d be safe from the dog. Also, you might be interested to know that several blogs wrote about using the bokashi bin with dog poop. It sounds odd but it would be nice if it worked!

My question is: How do I keep my dog from “investigating” the burial site?

Thanks for a nice read,

Roel