I first stumbled across this on the blog Inhabitat, and it's a "must know about" for every gardener and landscape designer.
Yes, it's an electric composter by NatureMill, made right here in the USA. You plug it in, feed it kitchen waste (and either "brown" material like chopped up leaves or sawdust pellets, which the company sells) ... and a couple of weeks later, a little light comes on and tells you that your compost is ready to use.
It takes 5 pounds of waste material a day or 120 lb. a month, and it will even take meat and fish. If you live in an apartment, or have room in your kitchen, it can be installed inside a cabinet.
I think I'd prefer using it outdoors, and I think the perfect place would be just outside the kitchen door if you have an outlet there. (If you don't it would be worth installing one). With more and more cities requiring homeowners to compost kitchen waste, this machine is the perfect answer for almost everyone.
For years, I had a back yard composter that was almost more trouble than it was worth. It worked, but it was rather unsightly, so it was way at the back of the garden, a long way in cold winter weather. According to the manufacturer, the electric composter uses just 5 kwh per month and costs an average of 50 cents per month to run. Two models -- $199 and $299 for the deluxe model ... seems like a grand bargain to me.
(photo: NatureMill)
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