That's the one I have on my amazon wish list to try when our remodel is done. I'll be interested to hear if anyone has reviews or other suggestions.

I use this click clack from the container store

I keep mine on the counter, but it should fit under the sink also.

I like how it's ?vacuumed so it keeps the smell down/no fruit fly.

I line it w/ newspaper (along the sides and bottom so it doesn't show the food, and helps the food from sticking to the sides), fill it up, fill it w/ water, and then dump the entire thing into the composter outside.

I don't compost but we do have to separate our organic waste for garbage pick-up. In the past I didn't do it in the summer because of fruit flies but I had just used an open garbage can with liners and stored under the sink. This year I just went to Walmart and bought a small garbage can with a lockable lid. I line it with newspapers and then just put it into my green pick-up can for garbage day. I haven't had any problem with fruit flies and with our incessant heat this year this would be the year for them The garbage can cost me $5 and there are a variety of sizes.

I use a bowl and keep it in the fridge/freezer until it's time to take it out. No fruit flies in the house that way. :) I tried on the counter but the fruit flies carried it away. ;) Good luck finding what you want.

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B004XWGS1G
I use this! It's been fantastic. Perfectly dry, no smells, and when I change the bag, the bottom of the bag and the compost bin is bone dry. I have young kids. They screw up and have poured cereal bowls with milk into it by mistake. It attracted flies unfortunately, but everything still stayed dry. I've been really impressed because our city composts and I find the whole thing revolting and refused to comply with the city. But then this was given as a present and my husband started it without me. It's a success. Composting is still disgusting, but this is the most hygienic it gets so far.

If composting is disgusting to you, then you aren't doing it right. The typical newbie mistake is too many greens and not enough browns, aka, a too high Nitrogen to Carbon ratio. 6:1 makes for a nice steady pile that doesn't stink or get too hot.

Don't care. The city is composting, not me. I'm collecting kitchen scraps and giving it to them.

I also have city composting and we don't need to watch greens vs browns or anything like that. We can put meat in as well. I admit to having an aversion to collecting the compostable materials because a rental unit we rented for a year turned out to have an ant problem (the owners said, "it's not that bad" when we called--it was thousands and thousands of ants). And the first time I found ants they were all over the compost bin. Definitely disgusting.

But I do feel guilty not taking consistent advantage of the city composting for kitchen scraps. So I have resolved to try again after this remodel is finished--we have lived in this house for two years and no ant problem so history should not repeat.

Crl, I think that is why Yuk bin looked appealing to me - it has a lid and looks easy to empty. The one time I got fruit flies from my compost bowl was the time I forgot to empty it right away.

Monemi, the one you posted looked good, but a little more than what I wanted to pay. I'm at the tail end of my remodel, so you know how that goes.

So why not find a used container as Sophie suggest? That would be the best solution for sure. I'll look around, but right now I don't have anything that is the right size.

I just use a kitchen bowl and it gets emptied every night in the big compost tumbler out back. The only time I've had a problem with fruit flies was a time or two it didn't get emptied and was left out overnight. Simple solution to fruit flies though...small bowl with apple cider vinegar and a drop or two of dish soap stirred in...they go in and can't get out...couple hours later, no fruit flies.

I have a 5-quart Richelieu under sink trash bin with a lid that swings away (actually it's the bin that swings), so I never have to remove the lid with messy hands.