Three Star Green Restaurants in Istanbul Turkey, use Big Hanna Composter

May 20, 2015

We are pleased to announce that our distributor in Turkey, Ecotec, has become a part of The Green Restaurant Association Turkey’s program. The Green Restaurant Association Turkey (GRAT) is a non-profit organization that provides certification for restaurants to become more environmentally responsible.

From left to right: Mr. Baris Tansever, Partner of The Sunset Grill Restaurant; Mrs. Asli Pasinli, Managing Partner of The Soul Restaurant Group; Mr. Mehmet Basaran, Ecotec’s CEO; Mr. Murat Hazinedar, Mayor of Besiktas/Istanbul and Mr. Kaya Demirer, President TURYID
The GRAT is founded by World Wide Fund for Nature Turkey (WWF Turkey) and Bosphorus University in Istanbul. During the beginning stage of the GRAT, two restaurants got their certification as a Three Star Green Restaurant. Turkish Restaurant & Entertainment Association (TURYID) and Besiktas Municipality are also playing an active role in this project.
In February 2015, the first Big Hanna composter model T120 was successfully installed at the Sunset Grill Restaurant in Istanbul to compost the food waste on-site and the second Big Hanna T120 will be installed in the La Mancha Restaurant en which is a part of the Soul Restaurant Group.
These two Big Hanna composter T120 were purchased by Unilever Food Solutions which is a sponsor in that project. The compost will Besiktaş Municipality use in their public gardens in Besiktas/Istanbul. 

Ecotec’s CEO, Mehmet Başaran told us that GRAT’s goal is to reach 100 green restaurants in the first year. 

More info about the installation at the Sunset Grill Restaurant you find in this film clip posted on Ihlas News Agency (IHA) website.


For more information about this project and Big Hanna in Turkey please contact our distributor Ecotec Ltd

The County council in Val de Marne, France install a second Big Hanna composter in Valenton

Apr 8, 2015

The County council in Val de Marne located south east of Paris, continue to implement their policy of sustainable development and management of food waste by installing a second Big Hanna modell T120 to convert the organic food waste from the canteen at the county technical department in Valenton.

The equipment that has been installed and commissioned by the company Ar-Val are: One Big Hanna composter model T120, a binlift, a bio filter, one secondary treatment area and a roof covering the units. 

The installation of the system makes it possible for the canteen to recycle a part of their waste on-site by making their own compost. By doing that they respect the law “La loi grenelle” which regulate the treatment of organic waste in France.

To convert their biological waste on-site is seen as a major cultural novelty in this county.

The compost of quality NFU 44-051 will of course be used by the park management within the engineering department but also will aslo be sold for use in a research project about green roofs.

They will also use the compost as a soil amendment in their vegetable gardens.


For more information about Big Hanna in French see www.bighanna.com  

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