A multi-outlet cafe operator in Dubai needed to stop sending wet kitchen waste to landfill from three sites located inside shopping malls. After a two-month trial on a single counter, the group purchased three TOGO TG-CC-10 10KG/day Smart Compost Machines - 24-hour rapid composting, odorless operation, CE certified, one-year warranty and customizable voltage - and now converts almost all of its preparation waste into organic fertilizer on site.

The customer runs a small chain of speciality coffee shops and all-day breakfast outlets in Dubai and Sharjah, serving pastries, salads and hot food prepared from fresh produce. Each outlet generates between 8 and 12 kg of fruit and vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds, eggshells and plate scrapings every working day. Waste was stored in wheelie bins inside the back-of-house area and collected daily by a licensed contractor.

• Odor inside an air-conditioned mall unit. Open food waste bins in a sealed back-of-house corridor produced smell complaints from neighbouring tenants and mall facility management.
• No space for a conventional composter. Each outlet has roughly one square metre of spare floor area behind the pass, so the machine had to be compact and fully enclosed.
• Extreme ambient conditions. External service corridors regularly exceed 45 degrees C in summer, so the unit needed stable internal fermentation temperatures regardless of outside heat.
• Voltage matching. Mall supplies were verified at 240V and the units had to be configured to suit the site rather than the other way round.
• Staff with no composting experience. Operators had to be able to load and unload the machine during a normal shift change without specialist training.

We supplied the TG-CC-10, a 10 kg/day smart composting machine built around microbial aerobic fermentation with PLC automatic control. Kitchen waste is loaded through the top chamber, where a controlled 45-75 degrees C microbial process breaks it down within 24 hours, reducing volume by up to 90 percent and discharging the odor through an integrated deodorizing stage instead of an open vent. Units were factory-configured for the customer's 220-240V supply, which is exactly what the customizable voltage option is designed for.

• 24-hour rapid composting - a full batch is finished within one operating day, so nothing is stored overnight
• No odor generated - microbial aerobic fermentation plus deodorization keeps the back-of-house corridor complaint-free
• PLC automatic control system - mixing, heating, aeration and discharge sequencing run without operator intervention
• CE certification and one-year warranty - accepted directly by mall management during the tenancy compliance review
• Compact footprint - 655 x 420 x 740 mm and 62.5 kg, small enough for a single back-of-house bay

The machines arrived by air freight, were positioned and commissioned by the customer's maintenance team using our remote video guidance, and started processing waste on the first day of operation. One manager and two staff per outlet were trained in 45 minutes on loading limits, moisture balance and harvesting the finished compost. Spare wear parts were shipped with the order and a one-year warranty covers the units.

• Roughly 90 percent of daily food waste volume now leaves the kitchen as compost instead of wet waste
• Odor complaints from the mall stopped within the first week of operation
• Daily bin storage and hand-over to the waste contractor was reduced to a weekly collection
• The finished fertilizer is used on the group's rooftop herb planters and given to staff for home gardens
• The same customer has since requested a quotation for additional units for two new outlets

For cafes, small canteens and community kitchens in hot climates, the TG-CC-10 delivers closed, odorless, 24-hour composting in less than one square metre of floor space. CE certification, customizable voltage and a one-year warranty make it straightforward to clear mall management and municipal approval processes across the Gulf region.