Do you throw away old fruit and vegetable scraps, egg shells, tea bags and coffee grounds? Our semi-vegetarian household goes through lots of fruit and vegetables and being from England I drink lots of tea! Our trash bags no longer contain anything that can be recycled, we make sure all our recyclables go into our recycle bin, but our trash bags are often full of orange peels, banana skins, bell pepper cores and other scrap fruit and vegetables. We also have a monthly clean out of our refrigerator and often throw away half a lettuce, half a cucumber etc, that have gone bad.

With all of our waste fruit and veg we decided to start composting. A Home Compost bin is easier to setup than you might think and we found a cheap solution at our local hardware store. The “GardenView” Super Composter is approximately $50 and is available in the garden center section of most large hardware stores. The Super Composter holds 115 Gallons of compostable waste and stands about 3ft tall. The product is made from 90% recycled plastic and features a snap shut lid to keep unwanted pests out.
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