Bhg
  • Shop
  • News
  • Food
  • DIY
  • Garden
  • Travel
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Finance
  • Health
  • TV
  • Podcasts
  • Projects
Bhg
  • Shop
  • News
  • Food
  • DIY
  • Garden
  • Travel
  • Renovating
  • Decorating
  • Finance
  • Health
  • TV
  • Podcasts
  • Projects
Subscribe
Australia Is Letting People Use Emojis On Their Car License Plates
Watch 0:42

Australia Is Letting People Use Emojis On Their Car License Plates

{headline}

{headline}

 How to make your own plant fertiliser at home

How to make your own plant fertiliser at home

How to make a compost bin: 3 DIY compost bins

How to make a compost bin: 3 DIY compost bins

Common compost problems and how to solve them

Common compost problems and how to solve them

Tips to ensure your garden compost works effectively

Tips to ensure your garden compost works effectively

{headline}

{headline}

How to improve the quality of your soil

How to improve the quality of your soil

How to compost the right way

How to compost the right way

12 genius uses for food scraps

12 genius uses for food scraps

{headline}

{headline}

Thinking about making compost?

Thinking about making compost?

Five great reasons to be composting

Five great reasons to be composting

MKR's Anne and Jennifer

MKR's Anne and Jennifer

(Sponsor)

5 ways to identify air pollution in your home

5 ways to identify air pollution in your home

You can sleep over at IKEA!

You can sleep over at IKEA!

The do’s and don’ts of using chopsticks

The do’s and don’ts of using chopsticks

  1. Home
  2. Better Life

Slick kitchen food recycler combats kitchen waste

Turn a week of food scraps into garden-ready fertiliser. - by Eliza Murray
  • 07 May 2018
Slick kitchen food recycler combats kitchen waste Thinkstock

If someone took all the good bits of composting, ditched all the annoying bits, and turned it into a slick kitchen appliance, would that get your attention?

Yeah, us too. 

Developed in response to the contemporary crisis of household food waste, Whirlpool’s Zera Food Recycler is a bin-sized gizmo that promises to turn all your food waste into fertiliser in just 24 hours. Even meat and dairy scraps (take that, composting!).

Before adding food, the bin is prepped by dropped in a package called the Zera Additive, which contains a mixture of coir, derived from coconut husk and baking soda. This mixture helps accelerate the breakdown of food when the machine is turned on. Then, food scraps are added until the bin is full. Zera is designed to accommodate up 7 days worth of food waste, based on the average four-person family.

When full, Zera is turned on and over the next day churns and squishes the food scraps and additive packet using an internal mixing blade and heat. A carbon air filter prevents the smell of warm, rapidly decomposing food from overwhelming your kitchen.

When complete, the removable container at the bottom of Zera catches the newly-made fertiliser which is ready to be pulled out and used on the garden.

It’s 2018 so, of course, all of this can be controlled and monitored via an app. 

The one thing composting in your backyard has over Zera, however, is price. Zera is still in development over at Whirlpool labs, so there is no RRP yet, but the bin itself is likely to be as expensive as any new large kitchen appliance, and the Zera Additive packets and replacement filters will an ongoing expense. 

Sign up for updates on Zera at Whirlpool Labs.

This article originally appeared on Foodiful. 

ONLY $4.60 an issue

Receive a whole year of ideas and inspiration!

SAVE 33% Subscribe Now
ONLY $4.60 an issue

Recommended to you

Australia Is Letting People Use Emojis On Their Car License Plates
Watch 0:42

Australia Is Letting People Use Emojis On Their Car License Plates

{headline}

{headline}

 How to make your own plant fertiliser at home

How to make your own plant fertiliser at home

How to make a compost bin: 3 DIY compost bins

How to make a compost bin: 3 DIY compost bins

Common compost problems and how to solve them

Common compost problems and how to solve them

Tips to ensure your garden compost works effectively

Tips to ensure your garden compost works effectively

{headline}

{headline}

How to improve the quality of your soil

How to improve the quality of your soil

How to compost the right way

How to compost the right way

12 genius uses for food scraps

12 genius uses for food scraps

{headline}

{headline}

Thinking about making compost?

Thinking about making compost?

Five great reasons to be composting

Five great reasons to be composting

MKR's Anne and Jennifer

MKR's Anne and Jennifer

(Sponsor)

5 ways to identify air pollution in your home

5 ways to identify air pollution in your home

You can sleep over at IKEA!

You can sleep over at IKEA!

The do’s and don’ts of using chopsticks

The do’s and don’ts of using chopsticks

Bhg
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Pacific Magazines
  • Partners
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Statement
Bhg Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Pacific Magazines
  • Partners
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Statement

Brands

  • All Recipes
  • BHG Shop
  • Beauty Crew
  • Girlfriend
  • Home Beautiful
  • New Idea
  • New Idea Food
  • Practical Parenting

Pacific Network

  • marie claire
  • Instyle
  • Who
  • Women's Health
  • Men’s Health
  • That’s Life
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7travel
  • 7Plus
  • Airtasker
© 2019 Pacific Magazines