Comments on: Indoor Composting for Urban Eco-Warriors

By: Urban Green Girl » Blog Archive » How to reduce your eco-footprint, air pollution and waste by composting

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:30:38 +0000

[...] later discovered the Nature Mill indoor composter which composts the material automatically without having to stir it. But, I was still left not [...]

By: Stuart M.

Stuart M. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:35:43 +0000

I am surprised there is so little commentary on this Nature Mills composter in the Internet. Let me give you my experience. The composter was sent to me defective. I had to fix it by cutting away styrofoam (yes, the picture makes it look like it’s plastic, but it’s made from styrofoam) so the trapdoor where the finished compost falls down into a tray would open. I made about 4 batches of compost before the steel latches which the mixing arm pushes against worked their way into the styrofoam walls, again making the trapdoor not open. This is clearly a design flaw, that Nature Mills was prepared for, because they gladly sent me an “upgrade” kit which consisted of two steel plates to put between the styrofoam wall and the latches. This kit was very difficult to install and the instructions were poor. I don’t think the units should be sent out without this important fix. The compost? A great deal of water is generated during the composting process. This water flowsinto the trays and out the front door of the unit. The tray that the unit stands in is laughably small and soon overflows with brown water. The instructions suggest adding more brown material and baking soda to make the compost less wet. Their suggestion to add less “green” material defeats the purpose of having a kitchen composter, where most food waste is of the wet fruit and vegetable variety. Our composter unit is far too leaky and has been banished to an outside supply room where I bring it kitchen scraps collected in a plastic box. I use sawdust for brown material which I got for free at a sawmill. Don’t forget the baking soda. My final rating? “A” for idea, “D” for quality control. The bright side, composting has reduced my weekly garbage by one half.

By: UrbanGreenGirl

UrbanGreenGirl — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:53:45 +0000

Hey Deana. Thanks for visiting. I can’t wait to start composting. I want this for xmas. I’d say 75% of my garbage, if not more, is food. And did you know that 25% of the world’s greenhouse gas comes from the decomposition of food in landfills? Imagine if everyone composted. Take care!

By: Deana Steele

Deana Steele — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:12:37 +0000

I personally love the smell of my compost. When you take care of it it smells natural and fresh. Love the indoor idea. Now no one has an excuse not to compost. I have near to no garbage to take out as everything is either recycled or composted. Thanks for info!