The first compost is never forgotten
In Torrioni, a municipality of 530 inhabitants of the Province of Avellino, Italy, in addition to the renowned wine Greco di Tufo DOCG (controlled and guaranteed designation of origin), from today an excellent compost is also produced. It is the result of both...
Spanish hotel – ‘closes the circle’ with composting
In 2020 a Big Hanna composter T120 was installed at hotel Cala Jóncols www.calajoncols.com, in the Natural park of Cab de Creuz located in the northwestern part of Spain. A small hotel in an idyllic place with a focus on sustainability. Read more about the...
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A fantastic film about soil, CO2 and how healthy soils can improve our climate
We would like to recommend the amazing film "Kiss the ground" about healthy soils, how it is possible to restore depleted soil and at the same time how healthy soils can absorb CO2 from our atmosphere. This film convinced us that only reducing our emissions alone will...
5th of December – The World Soil Day
Today the 5th of December UN has announced as the 'World soil day' 2020. It is announced by FAO - 'Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations'. 'A healthy soil gives among many other things healthy and nutritious food to eat and a high-quality compost is...
Restaurant El Raso in mountain area of Madrid
The 'Restaurant El Raso', located in Collado Villalba in the mountain area of Madrid, Spain, is the first restaurant composting their food waste by themselves with a Big Hanna composter in this area. This Big Hanna processes about 35-40 kilo food waste per day,...
Hotel is composting their food waste with Big Hanna since 2006
For 14 years our Big Hanna composter has been installed at Kelly's Resort Hotel & Spa in Co Wexford in Ireland. This Big Hanna composter model T480 has an infeed system that automatically macerates and dewaters the food waste before it is fed into the composter....
13 years of composting at Vitsippan – a home for the elderly
In 2007 Vitsippan, a home for the elderly, was built in Gislaved, a town in southern part of Sweden. This Big Hanna composter model T60 was installed and have been composting the food waste from the kitchen ever since, 13 years of operation. In this home there are 70...
Akron Zoo’s film about how they use their composter
The Big Hanna composter has for a couple of years been installed at the Akron Zoo in Ohio, United States of America. Akron Zoo has published a film about how they use their Big Hanna composter. See the film in this link. You find information about Akron Zoo on...
Big Hanna composter – reclaim responsibility
We believe that people want to take back responsibility and fight climate change locally and are willing to do so wherever they live, work or enjoy life. See how easy it is to compost food waste locally in this video. www.bighanna.com
Sustainable tourism in Tenerife
Today we want to share our customer 'Hotel & Suites Tigaiga's information about how they work towards Sustainable Tourism and renewed their ISO14000 certificate. We are proud that our Big Hanna machine is a part of this. Read more about how they work with...
Big Hanna composter – working in harmony with nature
We believe in nature's own composting process without accelerators nor additives producing a mature compost. We believe that eating 'slow food' is healthier for our bodies and composting leftovers slowly is healthier for Mother Nature. Our natural process gives you...
Composting source separated food waste for small municipalities, restaurants and housing areas
Small scale composting solutions makes it possible to compost it nearby without transporting the food waste long distances to large composting plants. Our Big Hanna composters are used in many countries and in different setups. The flexibility of Big Hanna composter's...
24 years of composting food waste from 26 flats
For 24 years the residents in a housing area in a small fishing village on the Swedish west coast called Grebbestad, have composted their food waste with a Big Hanna composter. This Big Hanna was installed in 1994 and is the first generation of our model T40. In this...
The benefits of using compost – factsheets from European Compost Network
'In organic farming, the earth is seen as a living organism. You could say that the earth breathes, eats, grows and rests' Translation from Anna Backlin's book 'Jord i god kultur 2005'ECN (European Compost Network) have published two factsheets about compost and the...
Big Hanna composter – circular economy
Compost your food waste on site, circular economy since 1991. We believe that decentralized solutions are the best way to make our world sustainable. Our flexible small-scale systems allow you to control the input and by that the quality of the compost. See how easy...
Akron Zoo got the POOwer!
We want to share with you how the horticulturists at Akron Zoo in Ohio, US are using their Big Hanna and the compost they make. The Zoo wrote in their Facebook site :Our animals poop a lot. Our staff here at the Akron Zoo have found a way to use the poop to help...
Big Hanna, Covid-19 information
Susteco AB and our main suppliers are open but are of course taking the recommended precautions in order not to spread Covid-19. We are available if you have any questions regarding composting, spare parts or machines. We realize that some of our customers will have...
Composting at MEF Schools, Istanbul, Turkey
We are pleased to announce that on 5 February 2020, a Big Hanna Composter model T120 with a biofilter was installed at MEF Schools for turning kitchen waste into fertilizer. MEF Schools is a well-known private national school located in the Ortaköy district of...
Big Hanna composter, working in harmony with nature
We have seen a change in the way people think about food, at least here in Sweden. 10-15 years ago, people said: ‘You can’t compost because the soil will be contaminated with dangerous chemicals and pesticides.’ We always answered: ‘This is food that you are prepared...
Big Hanna in Probistip, North Macedonia as part of an EU-funded Interreg project Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)
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...
Big Hanna composter – Circular economy, since 1991
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%...
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We are adding new tools to Big Hanna’s toolbox
In addition to temperature sensors throughout the biological process it is now possible to monitor moisture in the mass inside the cylinder and humidity + CO2 in the air from the Big Hanna composter.
First in Portugal to compost their food waste with Big Hanna – Restaurante Mauritânia Real
Earlier this month Fenix Ambiente in co-operation with Berca Brand installed a Big Hanna at the famous Restaurante Mauritânia Real in Matosinhos, Portugal. Our representative, Fenix Ambiente is dedicated to solutions focused on local, community and municipal...
Big Hanna’s RFID tags – a system making it easy to reward those who are doing it right
The first Big Hanna composters have now been installed in Cyprus by Tufit Stone Ltd. The composters are installed in housing areas where those who wants to compost has been given RFID tags. The tag will give you access to a small house with a Big Hanna composter. You...
Listen to Big Hanna on the radio – wksu 89.7
The Green Energy Ohio Tour showcases renewable technologies in homes, business and public buildings across the state - read more: www.greenenergyoh.org and this year Akron Zoo presented their Big Hanna composter. The tour started and ended at the Zoo’s "Big Hanna"...
Hotel Tigaiga, Tenerife and Big Hanna are featured in ‘Buenos Días Canarias’
Hotel Tigaiga in Tenerife are presenting their Big Hanna composter in 'Buenas Días Canarias'. Watch: https://youtu.be/xx31tljWCm0?t=43m19s Read more about Hotel Tigaiga and their work for a sustainable...
Big Hanna is now installed at one of the largest gold mines in the world, Tasiast Gold mine, managed by Kinross.
Adding another country to our list, Mauritania (located in northwestern Africa) our distributor Berca Brand installed two units earlier this year at the Tasiast Gold mine. The mine is located 300 km north of Nouakchott, where the two Big Hanna’s are in full operation...
Summer school in Italy using Big Hanna for their food waste
We believe it in creating systems that minimizes waste because it is a major tool in reducing CO2 emissions and fighting climate change. Treating waste close to the source raises social awareness. This is exactly what this school in Italy is doing with our Big Hanna...
Recycling and Litter Prevention Community Grant Success Story: Akron Zoo
On June 7, 2019 in Case Studies Since 2011, the Akron Zoo has diverted more than 3.6 million pounds of organic waste from landfills. Previously, the zoo had been using an outside vendor who would collect their organic waste and take it to a composting facility. After...
Reclaim ownership, RFID reader give a new possibility to compost separated collected bio waste locally
We believe that people want to take back responsibility and fight climate change locally and are willing to do so wherever they live, work or enjoy life. We believe in giving back the power to choose a system to where the system is going to be implemented. We believe...
“With the aim of developing a low cost, technically simple and high quality biowaste collection for organic waste.”
SCOW – Selective Collection of the Organic Waste in touristic areas – was a project funded by the EU between 2013-2015.From SCOW website: ‘The aim of SCOW, funded by the ENPI CBCMED Programme, is to develop low cost, technically simple and high quality biowaste...
‘The success story of BERCA BRAND and the Madrid municipality of El Boalo.’
Big Hanna and BERCA BRAND got an article in ”Equipanmiento y servicios Municipales No 187, 2019” Freely translated from the Spanish Original ? Sustainable solutions for the municipal management of organic waste. The municipality of El Boalo-Cerceda-Mataelpino, located...
Big Hanna model T480 installation indoors and outdoors with biofilter
A video showing how different installations of our model T480 including a biofilter can be done. The composter can be installed indoors or outdoors with a covering roof where climate is mild. In cold climates the composting process needs to be protected against the...
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Top quality compost from Big Hanna is used by Val-de-Marne departement, France
The ‘Val-de-Marne departement’ is one of the three departments that form a ring around Paris. Val-de-Marne decided in 2014-and 2015 to convert their food waste to compost and installed two Big Hanna composters – one model T120 at their Technical department office area...
Big Hanna composter at Pollutec exhibition Nov 27-30:th in Lyon, France
Visit our Big Hanna composter distributors Tri-Logic and Ar-Val at Pollutec exhibition ‘The international trade show for environmental equipment, technologies and services’ in Lyon, France the 27-30th of November 2018. Our Tri-Logic distributor welcomes you to their...
Big Hanna composter at Ecomondo exhibition in Rimini, Italy
Visit the Big Hanna composter distributor Achab Group at Ecomondo – The green technologies Expo in Rimini, Italy the 6-9th of November 2018. Our distributor Achab Group welcomes you to their stand B1 pad 4. Achab Group will show how Big Hanna composter makes possible...
First Big Hanna installed at a Zoo, the Akron Zoo in Ohio
The Akron Zoo in Ohio, United states of America installed the first Big Hanna composter to be used at any zoo or aquarium in the world earlier this spring. The Big Hanna will make it possible for the Akron Zoo to divert 51 Short tons (US) of organic waste away from...
Mocha and a Croissant
On Wednesday morning July 25th, 2018, he walked out of Richland Correctional Institution, RiCI, to never go back in. Wearing simple sweatpants and a white T-shirt with a coffee stain, his belongings in two net bags, he made his way towards me where I had waited in my...
America Free Zone in San Jose, Costa Rica will convert organic waste from its Food Court into top quality compost with the start-up of a Big Hanna T120_10GS composting plant.
América Free Zone (www.americafreezone.com) is a free business development area in the province of Heredia, located in the heart of the San Jose Metropolitan Area of Costa Rica. Despite having extensive experience in providing services to the companies that are...
The Hotel Tigaiga, Puerto de la Cruz de Tenerife is committed to the latest technology in composting
Pressrelease from our distributors BERCA BRAND and BERCA INSULAR The European Union’s Waste Framework Directive (DMR) highlights the European Union's circular economy strategy, focused on efficiently using available resources, in a way that imposes on member states...
Big Hanna in the northern lights north of the Arctic Circle
Almost as far north as you can come in Sweden and 250 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle lies Abisko National Park. This is also home to STF's northernmost facility. Magic all year round There is something magical that attracts in Abisko. The location...
Big Hanna produced compost meets the French standard NF U 44-051 for soil improver
An analyze of the compost from our Big Hanna composters installed at Conseil General du val de Marne, France meets the French standard NF U 44-051 for soil improver. When the compost meets the NF U 44-051 standard it becomes a product and is no longer considered...
Big Hanna composter model T60 – temperatures and infeed
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