{"id":26598,"date":"2016-05-06T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=26598"},"modified":"2016-05-02T18:15:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T01:15:56","slug":"full-circle-fresh-air-countertop-compost-collector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/full-circle-fresh-air-countertop-compost-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Circle Fresh Air Countertop Compost Collector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been composting my kitchen scraps for awhile now, using various systems, and this countertop compost bin, which I&#8217;ve been using for two years, is the best I&#8217;ve used so far.<\/p>\n<p>There were two issues with other bins that I&#8217;ve used: 1) rottten vegetable residue on the bottom of the bin that must be cleaned out after it&#8217;s emptied and 2) swarming fruit flies.<\/p>\n<p>The Compost Collector solves both those problems. You line the bin with a compostable bag (I use BioBag 3-gallon size), then remove it when it gets full, leaving your compost bin nice and clean. It takes about a week for me to fill the bag, and I&#8217;ve seldom had problems with leak-through. If your bag does dissolve a bit (this can happen if your scraps are really soggy or if you let the bag sit way too long), the bin comes apart for easy cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>This bin has good airflow, which slows down the decomposition of the veggie scraps, but the air goes in through tiny holes in the top which fruit flies can&#8217;t get though as well as a gap at the bottom where air circulates around the bag. So as long as you remember to keep the top closed, fruit flies aren&#8217;t an issue. In addition, it&#8217;s not smelly like bins that have no airflow, unless you put something in it that&#8217;s smelly to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>The Compost Collector is also sturdy and good-looking, and doesn&#8217;t take up too much space on the counter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allows oxygen to flow through organic kitchen waste, reducing odors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26600,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26598\/revisions\/26600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}