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Can you Compost Indoors with a Bin or Tumbler?

Depending on where you live, composting in the winter can be a real drag. Every winter I receive emails asking if it's possible to compost indoors. The answer is pretty simple- If composting with worms, yes. If you want to keep a compost tumbler or compost bin in your basement or the garage...no. Well, I guess you can do what you want really, depending on your tolerance for other forms of life sharing your space. Remember that compost piles are ecosystems full of life. Materials break down year round...decomposition slows in the winter, but not enough to warrant bringing a composting system indoors. Here's the factors that come into play when trying to compost in the basement/indoors: 1) Mice. Compost piles are nice, warm places to live...this can invite mice. …

A Countertop Composter That Zaps Your Food Scraps Into Healthy Soil Fertilizer (article)

Originally found here, by Adele Peters. About 25% of the food in your refrigerator will probably end up in the trash instead of on your plate. And while that’s unfortunate for your wallet, it’s even worse for the environment: The carbon footprint from food waste is actually bigger, amazingly, than the pollution from driving the typical car. Some of the impact comes when the food goes to the landfill, since rotting scraps release the potent greenhouse gas methane. This is all the reason for a new kitchen device called the Food Cycler Home that aims to make it much easier for people to compost their scraps, even in cities that don't offer composting services (which is most cities). In three hours, it can sterilize and deodorize anything and everything from…