This one isn't plastic, but cedar. It fits your dimension requirements:

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Gardener's Supply has a few different models which may work for you.

I like my new Biostack. It uses 3 stackable bottomless squares which makes flipping it much easier than most bins. If you click "more views" in the linked page it shows how to move it.

Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: Smith & Hawkin

I have invested in a plastic bin and a tumbler. Four years later neither is used. Instead, I have seven mesh bins made of hardware cloth (1/4" mesh, 24" high).

The plastic bin (a Jerry Baker product, no less) was too small to heat up much; and the tumbler was too much work.

A stackable system might work, but I would want it at least 48" by 48", and I don't think the non-DIY models are that big.

This is the one I use. I got it through a deal where they were encouraging composting to reduce waste. I think I paid more for the extenders I later purchased than the original bin.

Most of the plastic ones are fine if they're big enough. Check with your municipal waste people- many towns offer them at a discount.

I have one of the Rubbermaid modular ones and I think it works very well!

It is in pieces that fit together like a puzzle, so you can take the front off if you need to do a serious top to bottom pile turn. Also it looks like something that a typical suburbanite would have in their yard, you wouldn't really know what it was if someone didn't tell you. It has a lid if you need to keep your doggies out, which came in handy for us.

I found a link with a photo. They say it is 'Relatively expensive' on the review, mine was given to me so I don't know how much it costs.

One cool thing about it though is it is about indestructible. I have a large black cherry tree fall onto mine, crushed it like a grape. I even took photos to claim it on my insurance. When the tree guy came and removed the tree, I went out the next day and about fell over in shock, it had bounced back into shape, seriously like new, just like those '80's commercials for the rubbermaid trash cans!

Anyway, if you want something small and discrete, I think it does the job.

Here is a link that might be useful: bin

I looked at the plastic bins referred to, and they seemed too small for hot composting. My mesh bins are either 4-5' in diameter; or 4'X8'. Height is either 18" or 24" which in enough when sitting on the ground.

One of these days I'll do a experiment comparing a 2', 3' and 4' diameter bins and the temperatures they generate using the same materials.

I have one of those dark green Rubbermaid bins, and I can recommend it highly. Like the other person, though, I have no idea what it costs, it looks pricey to me. I got it free from my brother after his wife made him stop composting. (It attracted flies, she said, she is obsessive compulsive about cleanliness, also made him stop having a vegie garden.) His loss, my gain. The enclosed nature of it keeps the compost hotter than my open pallet bins, so it cooks faster. It looks from the side vaguely like a child's playhouse, or maybe a large dog house, anyway it looks very suburban if appearance is critical to you.

I have lots of land so I don't give a hoot about what they look like. The funny thing is it is clearly 'unnatural' so it stands out in the distance in a way that my weathered wooden pallet bins do not, amongst all the trees and bushes and tall grasses and things. So not sure which way your neighbors would perceive it. I always felt like the wooden pallet bins look rather fence like, that is what we used exclusively when we lived in the suburbs. They are basically free, so I also recommend those!

Marcia