tall glass architecture This one doesn't have a lid, but since it's a custom design, there's always the option of choosing a bin with a lid that sets into the top, as long as that bin has a lip along the top. To answer your question thought, it's a small enough container that it's emptied/rinsed regularly and doesn't have time to stink things up. If it were an issue, I'd recommend adding a horizontal seal along the back of the drawer face.

Aggie Purvinska Why don't you have another small back up prep sink on the same run as the cooktop? Or at least a garbage pail pull out or through counter on that run?

tall glass architecture This is definitely a good solution for that problem needing an immediate place to catch crumbs and other prep leftovers. Though this was a custom job by our cabinet builder, the idea is quite simple so I'm sure a regular drawer could easily be converted. We took the drawer above the trash pull-out and inserted a 'lid' piece across the top --this should be something very wipe/clean friendly like melamine or acrylic (for spills.) Choose a common-sized bin that will fit in the depth of the drawer. The bin needs to have a lip along the top so that it can drop into an opening in the 'lid' piece and be fully supported. You can easily lift this in and out to empty the compost.

tall glass architecture Our cabinet builder made it custom to fit a typical plastic bin size. The bin slips in and is supported by the lip around its top.