Written for the person who has to make it work.
Seven notes on operating a composter, calculating disposal costs, checking GITA eligibility and understanding MAEKO’s collaborations.
Records
ThreeCollaborations and recognition, with the dates and the work they cover.
MAEKO and MTCC: Certified Timber and Food Waste
The 16 October 2025 agreement covers MTCS/PEFC-certified timber in MAEKO products, joint awareness and capacity-building programmes.
MAEKO at the 2019 UN Solutions Summit
Chelsea Chee represented MAEKO as one of ten selected solution makers at the 2019 UN Solutions Summit in New York.
Explainers
FourA rule, a cost, a method — the four questions a buyer asks before sizing anything.
What Can and Cannot Go Into a Commercial Composter
The yes / ask-first / never list, written for a kitchen brigade rather than an engineer.
“…bone is what a crushing chamber is for.”
Hotel Food Waste in Malaysia: Calculating Disposal Costs
A 400 kg-a-day example, with the collection charges and contract details needed to calculate a site’s actual disposal cost.
“…the real disposal bill can only be worked out on the site itself.”
GITA for a Composting Machine: What to Check
Check qualifying assets, ownership, expenditure dates and application requirements before including GITA in an investment calculation.
“Check the qualifying asset and the application.”
How to Weigh a Week of Kitchen Waste
Sizing a machine on a guess is how a buyer ends up with the wrong one. Seven days, one set of scales, one sheet of paper.
“…a banqueting Saturday is not a Tuesday.”
Seven so far. When there is something worth writing down, it goes here.
Seven notes, one number missing.
These notes help you prepare a site enquiry. Tell us what your kitchen throws out and how it is collected; if you have waste weights, send those too.