The air vents do allow small flies to enter, and during warm weather, these fly out in clouds when the hatch is first opened, so opening it and standing back for a minute is advisable.

The city will give you the old black garbage bins with the wheels removed and top and side drilled with 11/2 inch holes. It’s also facilitating the reduction of city pollution, by omitting the need for weekly disposal truck visits, which previously collected the material for off-site processing. This new technology has enabled us to harness the energy of microorganisms and utilize them in a perfectly created environment to dispose of up to 1500 pounds of food waste per day – reducing it to harmless gray water. At a very basic level, what to compost is as simple as anything made from organic material, but not all organic material is safe for most home compost piles. Managing a hot compost pile takes a lot of attention and effort, especially during the first 2 weeks.Our tester liked this this high-tech compost bin, which thanks to its internal ‘lung’ to circulate air and a rigid recycled plastic outer shell produces compost quickly. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions.

Not only is Lomi helpful in keeping insects, rodents and gross smells out of your home, it is one of the easiest things you can do for climate change. Varying the green and brown materials used in each layer increases microbial diversity in the finished compost. That’s just about the temperature you need at the centre of your Sunday roast to be sure it has cooked properly. TIP: If the compost pile starts coming down in size quickly, there is too much nitrogen in the compost. With a robust, sectional design and made from thick recycled plastic, this bin is easy to access thanks to a wide hinged lid.There are also plenty of grip points to rotate the drum with relative ease, although once the tumbler is around two-thirds full, this becomes quite hard to do due to the weight. Some systems recommend turning your compost heap every day or two (see the Berkeley method below), but even turning it once or twice will help speed up the composting process. Even if you avoid putting meat scraps into the compost and are scrupulous about burying your kitchen scraps in the pile, rodents will smell it, and dig into the pile at night.