Big Hanna in Probistip, North Macedonia as part of an EU-funded Interreg project Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)

Feb 4, 2020

We believe in creating systems that minimizes food waste and are very happy to be part of the EU-funded Interreg project Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) which focus on source separation of food waste from Municipalities and the Hospitality Industry. The aim of the project is to get a high-quality end-product and minimizing organic waste going to landfill.

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What is Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)?

Instead of a fixed cost for waste-collection, the cost depends on how much waste is collected giving the ‘producer of the waste’ a financial incentive to minimize the waste.

Probistip is a municipality located 100 km east of Skopje. Since the Roman times it is known for its mining industry. During the autumn Big Hanna was installed at two sites, one is servicing two Hotels and one a housing area. The installation and ground works was done by Avto Engineering.

The program is called ‘Utilising Pay As You Throw Systems and Autonomous Composting Units for Biowastes Management in Touristic Areas’. Read more. 

The North Macedonian partners in this project are the Municipality of Probistip and the University ”Goce Delcev” in Stip.

The Municaplity of Yermasoyia in Cyprus is another partner in this project as we have written about earlier. Read more. 

Big Hanna composter – Circular economy, since 1991

Jan 20, 2020

Things are changing and we are all talking about going from a linear economy to a circular economy.

Circular economy is not only about recycling. As a company we must look at production and design. Our machines are made in stainless steel. Stainless steel is to 100% recyclable and the steel we use in production already contains a proportion of recycled material. We decided early that we will produce machines with a long lifespan. Today, almost 30 years later we see that we have succeeded in doing just that. Designing products to last and to be recyclable (looking at ‘end of life’) are two corner-stones in a circular economy and we are doing just that. Since 1991.

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