From Muck To Meal Bag

I saw a program on SBS on Wednesday night, a what's known as a dust man from London goes to Jakarta. There he does the same job collecting rubbish for a week. Love those shows!

The thing that intrigued me the most was the rubbish that was being thrown out, both wet and mushy food stuff and dry grasses vegetation and paper. All I could see was compost, plant food and the Huge potential to create inner city gardens. The potential was there for these street dwellers to grow lots of food. Jakarta being a hot humid monsoon climate with wet and dry seasons and plenty of rain, food could be grown all year around. No other inputs other than some initial seeds. Food could be grown in containers to supplement their diet.
Just some organisation needed.

They have a place on the street to dump mounds of rubbish in plastic bags,the same area could be used to mix the compost, better smell and appearance. The potential there needs to be harnessed, a good project for the future. I'm currently growing all my food from composted kitchen waste in polystyrene boxes with a mix of 70% composted kitchen waste and 30% soil I achieve some amazing results.