Which is the best compost bin for my wastes?

Which is the best compost bin depends on where your main waste comes from - the garden or kitchen?

Garden waste and kitchen scraps have different composting requirements, so look for compost bin design features that helps turn your wastes into great compost.

Garden compost bin

Garden waste is generally dry (with low water content). While the amount generated vary with the seasons, it can be gathered and stored for recycling later.

Traditional compost bins come in a range of sizes and shapes. They are inexpensive with basic features, and suit slow composting garden waste. However, your wastes must be aerated manually either with a spiral mixer or by rotating a tumbler bin.

Recycling kitchen scraps with traditional compost bins must be done carefully. Learn more about the limits in the types and amounts you can add to garden waste.

Kitchen composter

Kitchen scraps are more nutritious than garden waste, and recycle into nutrient dense compost. However, they’ll start to rot in traditional compost bins when oxygen runs low due to inadequate mixing.

With high water content, kitchen scraps can make your wastes soggy and smelly.

Bioverter is designed to keep wastes well aerated without mixing. It can compost kitchen scraps as your main waste component, and create an extra output, compost juice.

You can include fresh garden waste with your scraps for feeding a kitchen compost bin like Bioverter. It is better to keep your garden waste as a minority input and exclude woody bits.

Companion compost systems

Traditional compost bins and Bioverter are companion systems for households wanting to recycle garden and kitchen waste separately. Each type of compost bin capably handles what it is designed for.