http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/24/containing-compost/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/24/containing-compost/#comment-7625 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:41:24 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/24/containing-compost/#comment-7625 Sounds good, thanks for the advice. I'm having decent luck with something similar to your container. It's a 62 oz. plastic pickle jar (half-sours) with a screw top. I like being able to see into it--very science projectish. Sounds good, thanks for the advice. I’m having decent luck with something similar to your container. It’s a
62 oz. plastic pickle jar (half-sours) with a screw top. I like being able to see into it–very science projectish.

]]> http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/24/containing-compost/#comment-7479 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:56:16 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/07/24/containing-compost/#comment-7479 I use a 1.5 gallon plastic container found at my local dollar store. It is upright, takes up about the same space as a gallon of milk, and has a lid that keeps it from attracting the flies (if left out). I do vermicomposting (in NYC no less), so I tend to empty it within 48 hours. Still, it is nice to be able to throw it in the fridge. My grandmother uses a small kitchen trash can that has a flip up lid and a pull out bucket. It is probably about 5-7 gallons and will hold well over a weeks worth of kitchen scraps for the compost heap. She has never had mice or bug issues with it as the top has a rubber lip that seals and she washes it out after she empties it. I use a 1.5 gallon plastic container found at my local dollar store. It is upright, takes up about the same space as a gallon of milk, and has a lid that keeps it from attracting the flies (if left out). I do vermicomposting (in NYC no less), so I tend to empty it within 48 hours. Still, it is nice to be able to throw it in the fridge.
My grandmother uses a small kitchen trash can that has a flip up lid and a pull out bucket. It is probably about 5-7 gallons and will hold well over a weeks worth of kitchen scraps for the compost heap. She has never had mice or bug issues with it as the top has a rubber lip that seals and she washes it out after she empties it.

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