In the spirit of “Why keep it simple when I can pay for a complicated machine?”, there is Lomi. The reason I know is because I was tempted to buy one, for $279, just for the curiosity factor.
And now that I have a couple larch trees that I have been told I must rake up the needles from, I wonder if I could put larch needles in this thing? But the interesting thing about this machine is that it heats the stuff up and grinds it up and processes it into soil/pre-mulch. But it only handles 3 quarts at a time and you are supposed to limit certain waste types. But it is only 12"x16"x13" and it uses just 0.60 kWh per 20 hour cycle. The 4 hour cycle does not do as much “composting” as the 20 hour cycle.
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Why keep it simple when I can pay for a complicated machine?”, there is Lomi.
Yes!
I seem to remember a cycle length and food restrictions that wouldn’t work in my household, and it would mean returning to the countertop front.
Do you remember where you saw it at $279?
It was $279 WITH a montly membership fee for filters, pods and stuff. Once i saw the montly fee i was out of there. Not sure how the filters work or what the pods are.
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Update after @ipsedixit gadget post.
Added an in the sink collector for scraps from chopping surface before “tipping” them into the top bin.
The pictures below are one day after collection. The bins get emptied about twice a week. The green one from the city still lives under the sink and gets used several times a week, usually for the wettest stuff. I save larger pieces of cardboard to line the bottom of the food waste bin, and cardboard containers like the ice cream one for really wet, loathsome stuff, or grease.
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What I really want is one the new refrigerator with a compose section built into the freezer. No odors or flies, out of the way, near. Then just toss in compost bin when full. Oh right…the price….hahaha.
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