How to Build a Trash Can Composter with a Door
I made another trash can composter today- this time with a nice door upgrade. What for? Now that my first composter is filled up, it's going to be tedious to empty out the finished compost 6 months from now. With the door at the bottom, I hope to remove the finished material much easier. All in all, the project cost me less than $30 and about an hour of work... better yet, it was a cinch to make. I picked a trash can that had a relatively flat side so it would be easier to attach hinges flush to the surface. Here's a close-up of the door at the bottom: To build the door, I drilled the holes for all three hinges and screwed them in place first (don't mount…