Make compost, not waste
A new product for simple and clean composting of kitchen waste has emerged from the Kärcher Innovation Lab. The trick is a clever combination of natural processes and modern technology.
为什么不完整的重新思考？
At first glance, a composter for the kitchen does not have much to do with the other products for which Kärcher is famous. Yet KALEA, the automatic kitchen composter, is the logical answer to a problem that practically everyone is aware of, namely that waste containers can be the source of quite foul smells, particular during warm spells. The regular cleaning of the waste containers is also not a pleasant task. It is inconvenient, and contact with dirt or even mould and vermin can hardly be avoided. This is particularly noticeable in apartment buildings, where many people share waste containers.
但是为什么没有一个完整的思考呢?这是准确的ly what they have done in Kärcher's Innovation Lab. This was possible because in the incubator, which was created around two years ago, they are also looking for solutions beyond the existing product portfolio. Here, Kärcher has created a room in which committed teams of employees are developing innovative business and product ideas in a start-up atmosphere.
在这个创意的自由空间中，搜索废物容器的简单清洁解决方案使得kärcher完全新的产品概念，并且远远超出原始方法。厨房综合组织Kalea而不是打击这个问题，而是直接对此：厨房里有机废物。
There are already various prototypes, and the preparations for launching the product on the market are in full swing. A separate company was created specifically for the marketing of the first mature product from the innovation forge.
How the Kärcher Innovation Lab works
In interdisciplinary teams, customer problems are examined by employees. By means of continuous project development in accordance with a start-up concept, initial approaches to solutions are devised followed by development into an independent business model. The most promising concepts are then worked on in the Lab until they are ready for the market. Kärcher thus develops – independently of daily business – potential for the future.
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The vision
为什么要在第一次生成废物和污垢时要找清洁解决方案？“我们能够从这个想法开发成品的事实是由于Kärcher创新实验室为我们提供的自由空间，”基督教Gärtner，这是三个Kalea管理董事之一。“从有机废物到堆肥 - 从废物到植物的营养提供商。我们的愿景不仅可以从令人不愉快的有机废物处理的自由处理，还要通过堆肥来转化为积极的东西。随着卡尔的厨房Compostor，我们提供了一个简单，干净，可持续的解决方案，可以在一个人自己的四墙内处理废物。并且通过在48小时内产生自己的堆肥，客户在顶部获得了很大的附加值。“
从愿景到产品
"In our search for a better cleaning solution for waste containers, we got to the point where we asked ourselves what customers really want," remembers Gärtner. Therefore not the original question was pursued, but an answer that would not let the problem arise in the first place. "The KALEA kitchen composter is the best and above all holistic answer to the needs and wishes of consumers," says Gärtner.
创新实验室的第一个产品想法的路径自然不是一条直线。但球队希望利用机会，并投入大量的努力实现这一想法。一开始是由转换的厨房机标记，其中通过kärcher工作人员食堂的厨房垃圾进行实验。根据兼职专家来自Fraunhofer研究所的兼容专家以及与其他原型的众多试验，技术概念不断磨练。与此同时，客户愿望从未丢失过景象，并使用潜在客户和贸易伙伴进行了几次调查。
产品
Kalea厨房堆学剧组件以独特的方式结合了生物学和高科技。有机废物的令人不愉快的处理现在是过去的事情，而是厨房废物被转换为营养堆肥。整个过程对用户无异味，干净，非常简单。
废物仅在48小时内转化为堆肥。机器可以随时继续填充。实际上在厨房里产生的一切作为有机废物，例如水果和蔬菜废物，也是肉类，乳制品和熟食。通常最终成为有机废物的一切都被转换为堆肥，可用于房间，阳台和花园植物。
The new machine combines features and advantages that in sum previously did not exist with other solutions. Operation is child's play, energy consumption is low, and the modern design also means the machine can be placed in the kitchen in an optically appealing way.
Did you know?
近50％的浪费全世界都是有机废物。在所有国家，有机废物的单独收集和再循环仍然在邻近近在欧洲。哪里有问题？对于有机物而言，有机废物的不当可能比CO2更危险。
If organic waste is disposed of in landfills, the lack of oxygen and the resulting poor decomposition produce methane. Methane is a strong greenhouse gas – on a time scale of 100 years, it warms the earth around 28 times more than carbon dioxide and in 20 years it will be 80 times more harmful. By means of direct composting, KALEA makes the environment-friendly difference.
