EARTH-FRIENDLY PRACTICES
From the very beginning, NXT was built with the intention of being part of the solution to the ever-growing food and hospitality scene. We care about our core restaurant business just as much as the responsibility behind it.
So we designed every part of this space with a clear vision. How we grow, source, cook, clean, compost and even power the place, it all stems from a commitment to work with nature, not against it. Here are things we have implemented in the restaurant to be part of the solution.
CIRCULAR WASTE CENTRE
Our Circular Waste Centre is where we separate all our waste, recycle, compost, shred plastic to be turned into recycled plastic and separate glass to be used as glass bricks for building. This ensures that nothing leaves NXT without a purpose – everything is used or turned into something that can be used.
SOLAR POWER
Solar power is generated at NXT with panels installed on the roof of our motorbike/car park, taking an otherwise redundant space and converting it into a natural power source. We work with solar company Sunterra and the electricity we generate is fed back onto the national grid. As of 2023 the solar energy we use is restricted to 15% of our total energy for the site, by government policy. We hope in the future this can change so we can generate more and work towards being totally off-grid.
GREYWATER & WASTE WATER SYSTEM
Recycling our water helps reduce how much we use, and help keep more water in the ecosystem serving nature. All the waste water at NXT flows into our Treatment Plant and spends 10-14 days being filtered before it’s fed to our garden irrigation tank and used to water the rooftop food forest.
SOIL REGENERATION
All food scraps at NXT go into our worm composting farms, which turn liquid and soil matter into nutrient-rich fertiliser for our rooftop Food Forest. This makes sure that we're feeding the soil we use to grow with, rather than just letting it feed us.
WORM TOILETS
Yep, you read that correctly. All the toilets at NXT are connected to our Worm Sewage Treatment Plant – a chamber deep inside the basement, where we have over 2000 worms going to work on everything that gets flushed. This is also where all the greywater from our kitchen sinks ends up. Everything needs to get mixed together before it's filtered out and used for irrigation, and worms turned out to be the best ones for the job.
NXT in Numbers
473 local ingredients from Indonesia.
0 imported ingredients — no dairy, no wheat (although some cheeky international wines through demand…).
117,000 kWh of electricity generated from 172 solar panel power per year.
1 circular water system to process grey and black water for land irrigation.
0 septic tanks and 20k+ worms help to process any human waste.
98,13% of waste from the overall NXT project are repurposed,
1,97% still go to landfill — we’re working hard to reduce this.
249,5kg of organic waste composted each week.
100+ people in the team here working at NXT.
98% of the team are Indonesians, 41% females.
1,171 trees planted in our reforested area to offset our carbon footprint.
550 tonnes of soil on the rooftop Food Forest growing over 450 varieties of plants.
3 bee colonies that live in multiple rooftop hives.
20 varieties of mushrooms grown onsite.
297 B.I.O. Library entries so far.
1 lovely cat named Jerry that lives in our welcome 'Shed'.