The Naturemill Automatic Composter
Naturemill Automatic Composter Plus Edition $299 from naturemill.com also has a Pro Edition for $399
Food waste makes up some 12 percentage of waste in our landfills, According to the US EPA, food waste is the #1 least recycled material.
Modern landfills are sealed to prevent toxins from getting into the water supply and don’t allow for oxygen to penetrate the many layers which means food waste won’t biodegrade properly. However the food waste in landfills do break down to produce methane, Methane is estimated to have more than 20-times the climate change effect of carbon dioxide. This methane can eventually be released into the atmosphere to form yet another means of speeding up global warming. An article on MSNBC says “landfills are the largest source of methane emissions in the U.S.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25215428/
Garbage disposals aren’t a green solution as untreated food scraps often could end up in various waterways. This causes nutrient build ups and ruins aquatic ecosystems.
So the best solution for food waste is to compost. There are many ways to go about it, Check out our previous Great Green Gadgets article here on kitchen composting.
The Naturemill Automatic Composter is one of better indoor composters that can start to change our dismal statistics with food waste in the landfill.
The Naturemill’s Automatic Composter is a simple, odor-free, indoor automatic composter, all you have to do is toss in your waste, and then sit back at let it do its thing. About two weeks later you will start to get a limitless supply of organic compost. An upper section turns, heats, and aerates. Compost is then transferred to the lower chamber where you remove the compost so it can continuously work to make your compost. More than seventy percent of the initial waste disappears into thin air — literally — as compost cultures convert it into water vapor. What’s left is a very concentrated compost fertilizer.
They designed it to be odor, bug and hassle free. You can use it for almost all vegetables, coffee grounds, paper, dairy, and meat waste – I am not sure if coconuts compost readily but pretty much anything else should work. It only uses 10 watts of power – about 50 cents a month for the average family.
Even you you don’t have much of a garden or yard there are lots of ways you can make use of this rich source of nutrients for plants, from becoming an urban guerrilla gardener or just giving it to your friends, family and neighbors.
August 19th, 2008 18:51
Very cool post! I blogged about this a few months ago. We don’t actually have one in our home (yet), but we do compost all of our organic matter.
Great blog, btw!
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November 24th, 2008 19:20
I purchased one of these units about 2 months ago. I was disappointed to find the entire unit is cheaply constructed of a Styrofoam like material. After about a week the mixer jammed up and the unit self destructed. Naturemill replaced it and the second unit has never worked properly either. Naturemill has sent numerous replacement latch kits which has not corrected the problem. Naturemill’s only solution is to send more replacement latch kits. I have asked for a refund and offered to return the unit at my cost. They said their policy is no refunds. I have disputed the charges with my credit card and I’m waiting for a response. Buyer Beware!!!
February 7th, 2009 14:15
I love my Naturemill. I’ve had it for about a year. It really cuts down on kitchen trash. Now I don’t have to take out the stinky trash every couple days – just twice per month for the compost, and there is basically no trash left to take out because we recycle almost everything else. Ours had a lot of trouble jamming at first. Then we realized it was paper. They do not recommend paper because even though it is biodegradable it is very tough and fiberous and will not break down.
February 9th, 2009 12:00
Cool concept! More people should compost, even if they are too lazy to build a compost pile and feel the need to spend money on a machine to do it for them.
May 21st, 2009 16:06
This is a FANTASTIC little machine. I have been making compost around the clock for the last 6 months and am just loving it. My plants love it too. I strongly recommend this product for anyone who is serious about composting. Don’t bother with the regular buckets and tumblers because they just don’t work and are nearly expensive.