When people are looking for compost bins for sale, they're usually not talking about a kitchen compost bin. They are usually thinking about outdoor bins.  However, when planning your composting strategy, don't forget to purchase compost bins for the kitchen as well.   Kitchen compost bins are a must have if you compost your produce scraps.  Notice, I use the plural here.  If you only eat a limited quantity of fruits and vegetables, then you can get away with one kitchen compost bin. However, if you eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables or more, or if there is more than one person in your household, you will generate enough food waste to fill your compost bucket daily.  And, if you are like most people, you probably won’t want to make that trip out to the compost pile every day.  So, having a second kitchen compost bin can make your life a bit easier.

Kitchen Compost Bin:

Norpro 1 Gallon Ceramic Compost Keeper, White List Price: $27.99 Sale Price: $24.59 You save: $3.40 (12%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

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Product Features Color: White Stylish 1 Gallon Ceramic Compost Keeper in White Stores vegetable peelings, egg shells, coffee grinds and more until ready for transfer to outdoor composter Includes odor preventing charcoal free filter in the lid that will last up to 6 months Use replacement filters #93F, that are charcoal free and can be rinsed. Easily clean with warm soapy water Color: White

Features

• Stylish 1 Gallon Ceramic Compost Keeper in White
• Stores vegetable peelings, egg shells, coffee grinds and more until ready for transfer to outdoor composter
• Includes odor preventing charcoal free filter in the lid that will last up to 6 months
• Use replacement filters #93F, that are charcoal free and can be rinsed.
• Easily clean with warm soapy water

Composting is beneficial to the environment.  By diverting food scraps from the waste stream, you can easily reduce the amount of waste being put into our landfills.  Sure, your food scraps are biodegradable, but it takes a very long time for things to break down in a landfill.  This is because the necessary components for decomposition: sunlight; moisture; and oxygen are all missing in a landfill.  Because of this, microbial decomposition is severely limited.

Yard and food waste, which can be easily composted and break down quite nicely in a matter of weeks or months, can take decades to decompose in a landfill.  It is estimated that food in a landfill degrades by 50 percent over the course of twenty years!  This statistic is enough to make most people consider composting.

However, there are two major drawbacks to composting.  The first is odor.  Food waste begins to break down immediately.  As it breaks down, it begins to smell.  An easy way to avoid this issue is to use a sealed container to collect your compost.  There are a number of kitchen compost bins that utilize charcoal filters fitted into their lids that make collecting your composting scraps virtually odor free.

The second issue that can arise as you collect your kitchen scraps is that insects can breed in the waste you are collecting.  Again, the solution to this is a sealed container.  This prevents odors from developing and attracting insects.  And if there is no odor and no bugs, you can keep your compost in the kitchen for a few days.

So when looking for compost bins for sale, don't forget to get several smaller ones for the kitchen as well. A kitchen compost bin can help to make the collection of food scraps an easy activity.