NatureMill PRO Indoor Composter
The NatureMill PRO is an indoor composter that turns your food scraps into rich, healthy compost in just a couple of weeks. You can convert up to 120 pounds of food waste a month into compost producing only a mild smell "similar to sourdough, mushrooms, or damp straw." I'd presume that's mostly when the food bin is open, since a carbon filter cleans the air vented by the built-in fan. You could also use the unit outdoors.
Three models are available: the NatureMill plus for $300; the NatureMill PRO with a foot pedal bin lever and steel chassis for $400; and the "Pet-friendly" NatureMill which can accept pet waste in addition to food waste.
Of course you could ditch the electricity use entirely to build an at-home worm composting box. And a starter batch of worms costs just $10.
Product Page [NatureMill.com via Oh Gizmo]
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Pretty cool. I've been putting a bit of money away here and there to get a composter, specifically one that can take care of dog waste, and this one is definitely in the running now.
A composter that plugs in defeats the purpose. The reason to compost is to save energy use and expense which occurs from collecting organic trash.
A composter that plugs in defeats the purpose. The reason to compost is to save energy use and expense which occurs from collecting organic trash.
what if the composter uses far less energy than it would take to otherwise dispose of the waste, like this one does? not to mention the fact that you are left with something usable?
Sure it's not perfect, but any net reduction in waste output is good.
Composting is about doing things simply, naturally, and as has been done prior to the technological and industrial revolution in society. There is nothing simple or natural about a $400 electric composter. This is a dumb idea.
I'm not entirely convinced. There's too much 'cool factor'. This is a box for rotting organic matter - it just seems wrong for such a thing to be cool.
On the other hand, the pet waste thing is very cool. Yes I realize how inconsistent I am. Right now, cat litter and poop is probably 80 or 90% of what we throw out. We don't buy a lot of packaged stuff, we live in a city with a good recycling program, and we compost kitchen waste (in a compost bin that's the exact opposite of this one - it's made of a shipping pallet from an abandoned shop down the alley. It looks like the one your dad probably made). Getting cat litter out of that waste stream would probably get us down to a small bag of garbage a week, or less.
@5 - Oh yes, you've convinced me now, what with it not being "simple" and "natural," even though you don't say why. Of course, it does use god-defying science such as cultures and mystical voodoo like "heat" and "moisture". Can't you admit that this thing would do some good? Isn't it better than not having it? Go do some yoga and think about it for a moment.
Seems pretty neat, I'd still keep it in the garage; but since we/I live in a desert state and only have a square yard of dirt (rest is gravel or pressed concrete) I don't think the extra fetilizer is going to do all that good for the xeriscaping.
p.s. heavy metal switch grass is awesome, grows in a gunmetal gray and it's helpful to set it on fire (seeds sprout and roots burrow)
This is like a hybrid SUV. Good, but only when view from up real close. The further you step back, the dumber it seems.