There are a lot of options out there for apartment dwellers who want to compost, and like most things it's not as simple as one style fits all. It's about finding what works best for you. Try something! And if it doesn't work for you... try something else! This is an easy indoor compost option for people who need something cheap, customizable and space friendly.
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When we remodeled our kitchen last year, we decided not to install a garbage disposal. Sure, it's a quick way to get rid of potato peels or that forgotten container of leftovers, but do you really need one? More

Just after Thanksgiving I ordered a compost tumbler and chatted-up my intention to fill it through the holidays and winter in Begin a New Routine This Holiday Season: Composting. Everything was going well—I was adding equal parts brown and green matter, just as the instructions advised—until this week when my compost froze... More

I've seen some incredible urban garden systems created by true visionaries, but I've never seen something quite like this. The Spiral Garden System is designed to inspire sustainability and to serve as a visual reminder of how close we can be to our own food systems. Thought up by a group of Spanish designers, the system is designed to be completely self-sufficient. Learn how after the jump!
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Susan Carpenter, also known as The Realist Idealist blogger for the Los Angeles Times, has been experimenting with solar panels, gray-water systems and chickens for two years. The budget-minded consumer takes stock of what worked and what didn't in her quest to reduce her family's footprint and conserve precious resources. More

Simple Human makes great looking products, so I was excited to see their take on the countertop compost pail. I have a similar aluminum pail at home, but there's one feature the Simple Human pail has that I'm now wishing mine had as well! More

The holidays are a perfect time to begin composting—with all of the holiday meals prepared and parties thrown, there's bound to be pounds of compostable material produced! Okay, so maybe beginning a compost during the warm months is more pleasant, but I've got a large white bin that's filled with scraps from Thanksgiving. So, why not now? More

A few years ago when reviews of the NatureMill composter started to surface there were Before&After photos of what the food looked like going in and the compost looked like coming out, but there weren't many day-today photos of how it all worked. If this item is on your holiday wish list, make sure you check out this play by play! More

It can be stinky, and an unpleasant surprise should you stumble on it unexpectedly, but kitchen compost is anything but trash. Kitchen composters typically house scraps from cooking, so they don't require too much maintenance if you have an outdoor compost or city-wide composting programs. Just store it, empty it, and clean it now and then. So how do you tie in this kitchen essential without distracting from the design of your kitchen? Take some tips from fellow compost-inclined minds and see what ideas they have to share. More

Name: Freezer Compost Bin from Fuccillo
Price: $60
Rating: Recommend*

I'm a city dweller who lives in a 2nd floor apartment with no outdoor space or garden to call my own. While I have plans to start my own indoor worm composting system at some point, for now I drop my compost off at my weekly CSA pick-up, where it's then given to my neighborhood community garden. So that means that I'm always looking for a better way to store my scraps. Enter the Fuccillo Freezer Compost Bin: More