Material List Material List
Material List.

Collect/ Store/ Sell/Use.

Thoroughly dried leaves and twigs of all kinds of trees except pine needles

Sweep them off the streets during the seasons and store in baskets or sacks. We use them for lining our Unit C of the 3 tiered composters and also sell them to customers

Collect/ Store/ Use.

The glossy Sunday papers are not good for putting into the composters but are good packaging material.

Use as packaging to protect products loaded into customers vehicles or our own delivery vans

Buy/Store/Sell.

Only Not-treated wood sawdust to be used.

We buy from a saw mill in sacks and then use during our servicing and in our own process. We sell this to customers also in package sizes of 2 kilos.

Buy/Store/Pack/
Sell

Buy from a reputed source and try and get organic Neem oil cake powder.

We sell package of 250 gms. We reuse old take away food packages to sell Neem. A sticker tells the customer how to use the Neem.

Buy/Store/Pack/Sell

We have one source for this product - if you can develop your own local supplier that will be good.

We sell package of 200 gms. We reuse old take away food packages to sell biocullum. A sticker tells the customer how to use this.

Buy/Store/Make/Sell

Try and get organic oil-its more expensive but better to use

We buy 2 kilos at a time and then make the Solution(see no:12 for the recipe)

Buy/Store/Use/Sell

Use organic chilli and make powder

We use this in our composters and during servicing our customers.This controls the Maggot Populations

Buy/Store/Use/sell

Any local kind of superior quality is fine

We use this in our composters and during servicing our customers. This reduces the acidity in the pile

Buy/Store/Use/sell.

We have a small sketch of this-it is steel with powder coating

We get it fabricated by a local person and have two sizes. One with a longer handle for leave-it pots and another for the Kambhas

Buy/Store/Sell/Use

Rubber Gloves of various sizes-Scotch Brite-3M

We buy these off the shelf and re-sell

Buy/Store/Pack/Sell

250 ml clear bottles with a spray nozzle

We buy these from a wholesaler and fill with Lemongrass oil and water and sell

Make/Store/Pack/Sell

Heat the water.Put the required quality of lemon grass oil into each bottle. Pour 50 ml hot water into each bottle.Shake well and then add hot water to fill each bottle.

We make the lemon-grass solution.
We sell refill 500 ml in old used pet bottles-of coke or water

Buy/Store/Sell

Plastic Bowls

These are used to sieve the done compost-this works better than the metal sieve since it holds the material well.

Buy/Store/Use/Sell

From any steel shop

We are discontinuing this product

Buy/Store/Use

Standard packs available in a hardware store

Use to repair small cracks in the terracotta

Buy/Store/Use

Mosquito mesh-plastic-standard

We buy a meter square and keep it for repairs or pots where the potter has forgotten to add the mesh.

Buy/Store/Use

Standard rope Plastic

We use this for repairing the rope mesh in Kambhas and for making hinges for Leave-it Pots.

Make/Store/Use/sell

Cotton with velcro straps

We make these out of Yellow cloth with green piping and have the logo embroidered on the top.

Buy/Store/Use

Water based paints used on exterior surfaces

We buy a range of 1 litre boxes and then mix and use.

Buy/Store/Use

Large 4 inch brushes and thin 1/4 inch brushes

We need a variety for covering large surfaces and small details.

Buy/Store/Use

You will need all tools,Trowel,Scoop,Rake,
Screw Driver,Spanner,Hammer

We need tools to help us manage different tasks-shoveling mud, digging, collecting, drilling, hammering etc-Best to have tools hand

Buy/Store/Use

A half a bag at a time is better-since cement hardens

We use this to line the bottom unit of each composter-to avoid the porosity that is natural in terracotta.Leechate is very potent and when it leaks it can stain the floor.

Buy/Store/Use

We Buy this from the Himalayas for the best saponin content

Use to wash our hands,gloves,composter surfaces-instead of using detergents.

Buy/Store/Use

Ordinary-can get from tender coconut vendor

For scrubbing.

Buy/Store/Use

From nursery

For our Gamla potting mixture

Buy/Store/Use

From nursery or construction site

For our Gamla potting mixture

Buy/Store/Use

Standard make-you get a kit from Bosch or Electrex

We use it to make holes in terracotta and all other sundry jobs

Buy/Store/Use

Kitchen weighing machine

To weigh the neem and accelerator etc.

Buy/Store/Use

From the Kabbadi walla

To store leaves during the season when trees shed.

Buy/Store/Use

For the Flat lid-steel powder coated

We get these made from the same fabricator who makes our rakes

Buy/Store/Sell

From a fancy store

We use this to add color and to tie the loose pin onto the plate lid

Buy/Store/Use

Both kids-coconut and grass

we need many since our retail outlet is literally the compound of the house!

Buy/Store/Use

Standard Plastic ones

You will need at least 4 to sort compost, leaves, mixing, carrying water

Buy/Use

One that is compatible with your laptop

It is great to record your customers and the moments when you feel you need to record your composting success

Buy/Use

Get from an NGO

We use these to help customers carry out purchases

Store/Use/Sell

Plastic and Glass

We use these to pack our accelerator and Neem