Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. When I first lifted the Epica Kitchen Compost Bin out of its packaging, my immediate thought was “haven’t I seen this before?” The design […]
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. When the Epica and Utopia bins arrived, I was smitten – gleaming stainless steel, premium feel. The OXO? Not so much. It’s sturdy plastic
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In a hurry? We think the Ejwox is our go-to for keeping compost hot between turns – effective aeration for medium to large bins without requiring you to lift heavy material. Turning compost can be hard work, especially when you have a half a ton of the stuff! And while I always thought of it
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In fifteen years of composting, I’ve turned over my fair share of heaps. As an exercise, it’s hard to beat, but when you have half a ton of semi-decomposed compost to turn and an aching back, it’s a blessing to have the right tool to do the job. So having used a mixture of garden
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In a hurry? Choose the GEOBIN for best value, the Greenes Fence Cedar Wood Composter for expandable capacity or the Joraform tumbler for premium Swedish engineering. Even after a collective decades of composting, my fellow Compost Magazine writers and I still feel that spark of joy when we harvest rich, dark compost from our bins.
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In a hurry? We recommend the Epica Stainless Steel Compost Bin for a combination of stunning looks and superb odor control, or the OXO Good Grips for good value and convenience. After 15 years of composting, it’s fair to say I’ve used more than my fair share of kitchen compost bins, ranging from basic plastic
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Affiliate Disclosure: This review contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support our testing work. A well-built, stainless steel countertop compost bin that looks good, controls odors effectively (even with cooked food and meat), and feels like it will
I originally bought the Vivosun Compost Tumbler, with the intention of reviewing it, two years ago. It’s been sitting in my garden, thoroughly tested and thoroughly unreviewed, ever since – far longer than it reasonably should have! (It’s a sad comment on how often gardening gets in the way of writing for this site.) Fortunately,
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