You've found a great item with "washability" at it's core....well done!

We continue to use the plastic coffee cans and rinse them immediately after dumping. It seems we go through about 3-5 a week and at that point they are just become ripe.

I like the idea of a larger 1 gallon can though.

Thanks for sharing!!

Here is a link that might be useful: My Indoor Growing Adventure

We were given this stainless compost bucket several years ago. I would never buy this myself, but I would rate it very highly. The filters seem to work. It is easy to clean. And it is very STYLISH sitting on the kitchen counter.

Here is a link that might be useful: Compost bucket

If the accumulated materials in your kitchen holding container starts to smell bad then you are not emptying it often enough. Even with just the two of us I empty our gallon milk jug container every 2 to 3 days, and there is no offensive odor.

Nice find!

We ended up buying smalll 3 gallon biodegradable bags for our bin. We also got them at Target of all places for fairly cheap. Its so much easier to just pull the filled bag out and toss it to the compost bin. (I have to mix in coffee grounds to deter the animals from renacting Christmas morning for each bag I toss)

Our issue was the cleaning part. We compost every food bit that comes out of the kitchen so many times there could be a sticky mess after a few days. Plus our bin is plastic, which I can only assume is harder to clean vs ceramic or stainless. We would have to scrub and dishwasher it a lot. So four bucks for a box of bio bags is worth it to us.

It's about time for my annual vote of support for the Lazy Back Door Bucket: a 5-gal bucket with lid (and a rock for the top) just outside the back door. Much easier to empty the smaller kitchen bucket into this during the harsh midwest winters, rather than slogging all the way to the main bin.

We use 1-gal plastic ice cream buckets for the kitchen. Free, they have a snap lid and handle, and you get to eat ice cream every time you need a new one. :-]

I like the ice cream idea, but that's a no-no for our diets! LOL
I just wanted something nice looking for my new kitchen. I have a small nightly ceramic container that I empty into the new step on container.It matches our new kitchen decor.That goes into the step on container. We have a very cold house, so 1x emptying per week is usually sufficient. Both are quite good looking

I needed a small stainless steel container for my kitchen and found an ice bucket with lid that is perfect. It holds 1-2 days of scraps, then goes in the dishwasher.

You can put them in freezer if you can't take them out daily, otherwise, it's a mess. Even if you have a pretty box to put them in.

Our issue was the cleaning part. We compost every food bit that comes out of the kitchen so many times there could be a sticky mess after a few days.

I mix a handful of stove pellets (ground up pine pressed into pellets) and some shredded paper and put it in the bottom of the compost bucket first. It soaks up the juicy stuff and makes the bucket easier to clean.

The ideal size bucket is one that only holds a couple of days' worth of scraps so you have to empty it.

I also put shredded newspaper in the bottom of the container. Makes it easy to clean out. I like the idea of the pellets soaking up the liquid, but where can you buy just a gallon or so of the pellets at a time? Nancy

This time of year you can get a 40 lb bag at home depot or lowes for $4.00-$8.00. You could also check out your local fireplace/wood stove store. Pellets work great, they soak up LOTS of liquid so it greatly reduces the chance of odor if you don't empty for a few days.

Love the step on compost can as well. Making it more convenient for any family member works great!

To avoid the smellies - just line the bottom with your household paper waste either from a separate trash can or your paper shredder. Having those 2nd paper cans only in the restrooms has made a huge difference in the amount of paper composted. Tissues add up this time of year!

I empty the paper waste cans into the bottom of the kitchen compost can to absorb liquids. We take it out when full or when I'm emptying the kitchen garbage can. The now dirty plastic bag from the compost can goes into the kitchen garbage can and I put a new one in the compost can. That way it stays fresher & there is no rinsing or waste involved.

If I am doing a lot of canning or food prep with waste such as apple pie I just put it in a separate bucket on the floor that goes out when I'm done cooking. A volume of materials isn't worth trying to keep sweet smelling in the house.

I learned it from my parents who had a paper trash for the wood stove in one closet, compost on the counter, & a garbage trash under the sink. When my husband and I were dating he had to "learn the system" when visiting. He was used to trash only. My dad grew up on a farm & has composted or fed chickens scraps as his lifelong habit. Because of him I grew up with a chicken bucket on the counter or outside the back door.

Our chickens get food scraps we put into cereal bags or the back door bucket to be taken out after a meal during daylight hours. We don't put out scraps after dark to discourage rodents & other critters from visiting. What we don't feed chickens goes into the compost.

Corrine