Rental
Three-year rental. Return, upgrade or change model at the end.
Food waste treated right where it’s generated
Today’s food waste,
tomorrow’s soil.
What leaves your kitchen tonight can feed a garden tomorrow.
On-site commercial composters · 15 kg to 5,000 kg a day
Customisable units available
Fewer collections, from the source.
Reduce dedicated food-waste collections at the source. Processing accepted food waste on-site can reduce bin storage, odour, collection frequency and haulage costs. The actual reduction depends on your waste profile, operating schedule and current collection contract.
The machine
The floor space of one cabinet.
An all-in-one composter that treats food waste right where it’s generated, turning a daily waste problem into a measurable environmental solution. Built for real kitchens, designed for everyday use, and engineered to make food-waste management simple.
- All-in-oneNo post-treatment equipment. Everything the chosen machine takes goes in whole and is processed in one machine; harder material is prepared by a PREP unit first.
- 12 to 24 hoursMost LIGHT and HARDSTOCK models run in 12–24 hours; MW15 runs in 24–48 hours.
- Dry outputReady to use. No curing pile standing in the yard.
- Odour controlBuilt-in filtration helps control odour.
- No bulking agentNo sawdust or rice husk to buy and store.
- Easy to operateSimple buttons. A kitchen crew can run it.
Inside the chamber is Speedozyme™, MAEKO’s own live culture. The machine does the work; the culture is what makes it possible. New machines carry a two-year warranty and are serviced by MAEKO’s own technicians.
How it works
Seven steps, 12 to 24 hours.
Air does the work; the drum turns so the bed breathes. The culture is already in the chamber before your waste arrives.
For most LIGHT and HARDSTOCK models: 12–24 hours a cycle. MW15 runs 24–48 hours.
The rule on the wall
No pre-sorting. No sawdust.
No pre-sorting of accepted food waste. Print it, tape it above the bin. Choose the list for your machine: LIGHT takes softer waste and small bones; HARDSTOCK also takes large bones and shells. Check ASK FIRST items with us, and always remove everything in the NEVER band.
- YesGoes in as it comes.
- Ask firstSend us a photo before the first load.
- NeverNot food, or it kills the culture.
WHAT GOES IN
Kitchen sign
YES
Fish
Chicken
Bone
Prawn
Oyster
Rice
Noodles
Trim
Citrus
Eggshell
Coffee
Garden waste
Fruit peels
Bakery
Tea bags
NEVER
Plastic
Film
Spoon
Glass
Foil
Ceramic
Glove
Cigarette
Sanitiser
Degreaser
These stay out. Bleach, sanitiser and degreaser do not jam the machine — they kill the culture it runs on.
Supervisor:
MAEKO
What’s left
It comes out as dry compost.
Dry, odourless, ready to use. No curing pile, no sawdust, no rice husk. The colour depends on what went in: mixed food waste comes out darkest, garden waste lighter, high-carb food waste palest. Whatever the colour, it does the same job: it adds organic matter to soil and supports plant growth. MAEKO buys the compost back — from 200 kg a trip in the Klang Valley, and further out where a collection is already nearby. The price depends on quality and quantity, so ask before you count it as income.
Mixed food wasteGarden wasteHigh-carb food waste
Three feeds, three colours. Ready to use as it comes out.
The loop
It leaves the kitchen and comes back.
Treat food waste before it needs collecting. Food waste goes into the machine in the same building, comes out as dry compost in 12 to 24 hours, goes onto a farm or your own grounds, and what grows there comes back to the table — on site, or through our buy-back.
01The kitchen
Prep, service, plate scrape. The waste is made here.
02Into the machine
In the same building.
0312 to 24 hours
Air does the work; the drum turns so the bed breathes.
04Compost out
Dry, odourless, ready to use. No curing, no sawdust.
05The farm
Onto growing beds — yours, or a farm’s through our buy-back.
06Back to the table
What grew in it returns through the same door.
Speedozyme™
12 to 24 hours
On siteFood waste is treated where it is made.
Buy-backMAEKO buys finished compost back. From 200 kg a trip, Klang Valley; elsewhere case by case.
The range
Sized by the waste, not the building.
We choose the machine from how much waste you make, and how hard it is to break down. Waste volume and composition determine the model; site conditions determine the installation.
See the whole range →
They are not shown to scale.
Owning one
You do not have to buy it outright.
Five ways to put a machine in your building. Terms depend on the model and your site. Tell us your site and we’ll send the rental, lease-to-own and purchase terms for the model that fits →
Cradle to cradle. When a rental ends, the machine comes back to us. It is repaired, refurbished and rented again, or you move up to a bigger model.
After you have it
The people who keep it running.
Two years’ warranty on every LIGHT and HARDSTOCK model. Extended warranty is available as an add-on.
- In-house team
MAEKO’s own skilled technicians handle servicing.
- Spare parts
Spare parts are held locally in Malaysia.
- Maintenance
Scheduled maintenance helps keep the machine running.
- Training
On site or online, with guided composting for the kitchen crew who run it.
01You call
One call to our own team.
02Our technician, on site
An in-house technician comes to you.
03A part from local stock
Spare parts are held in Malaysia.
04Running again
Back on its programme, next service scheduled.
Proof
The paperwork a compliance team asks for.
Company recognition, product marks and documentation for your project. MyHIJAU covers selected models; a composter may contribute to Green Building Index assessment points, depending on the scheme and assessor.
The scale
Two hundred installed sites.
Local and international, all still running. What they have treated since 2015, and what that saves against landfill.
200
Installed sitesLocal and international, all still running.
19,000tonnes
Food waste treated since 2015
66–85%
Less greenhouse gas than landfillSIRIM Life Cycle Inventory Analysis; the figure varies by model.
10 : 2
Ten bins in, two bins out
The founder
Chelsea Chee decided the truck should stop coming.
Founder of MAEKO, a woman entrepreneur in waste. The banks and investors she went to turned the idea down, so the first machine was bought with the founders’ own money.
“It is our vision to help preserve Mother Earth. We don’t want our children to live in landfills.”
Her vision is a greener earth. MAEKO is how she contributes to it.
How it started →
Hands-on at the market: MAEKO staff sorting food waste for composting.
MAEKO Academy
Eligible employers may claim approved training costs.
MAEKO is an HRD Corp Registered Training Provider. Eligible registered employers may claim approved training costs through HRD Corp, subject to programme registration, grant approval, levy balance and applicable claim conditions. Courses run every month. DIY composting participants leave with the bottle they build.
What we teach → Request a workshop