Drought Denier

In big cities a lot of food waste can be collected by an organized system of mobile waste depot pick-ups, which strategically collect all organic food waste.

The depot station processes such wastes into specially made compressed compost squares. With example dimensions of 1m * 1m * 50mm, and probably weighing about 30-40kg.

The compressed compost squares are made by fermenting the biomass, then treating with fungus, allowing the fungus to grow for at least a week. The product is then heated to about 50 degrees Celsius for at least two hours and desiccated. After being shredded, the press extracts any remaining liquid, and compresses the square blocks. After being irradiated and baked for 5 minutes, most microbes that may pose a pathogenic hazard should be rendered harmless.

The resultant squares can be vacuum packed and shipped off to areas being affected by drought.

Once laid out in the dry lands, these squares could cover the land undergoing desertification. This highly absorbent biodegradable mass will absorb all moisture around it and eventually become part of the soil.

Using a sister technology in junction with the Drought Denier Compressed Compost Squares, the SeedBall Blitz Drones and Air Balloon Ball Bombers we can expect dying lands to be revitalized, denying drought from taking root!

The seed dispersal could be agricultural crops or native vegetation, or other beneficial plants that can withstand moderate drought. Trees are critical in most situations. this last paragraph is a beginning of another idea.