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[whittlewitch]

I realise that looks aren't everything but lets face they help, and I can't find a good looking compost caddy anywhere, apart from a ceramic version, which would last all off 5 minutes in my household.

 

I did have a green caddy, but to be frank that was ugly and too large , as I do like to keep it handy on the worktop.

 

 

Any help you helpful lot can offer would be much appreciated.

[WitchHazel]

I bought a supposedly attrtactive ceramic caddy from Lakeland. It was horrible, weighed a ton, and was badly designed because the rim which held the lid was a real bacteria trap.

 

In the end, I bough a pretty peg bucket, which I line with a piece of folded kitchen towel, and I keep it under my sink. It gets emptied into my Bokashi bin, which I keep outside, every three or four days. I haven't had any smell problems with it. Well, that's not quite true. I don't usually have any smell problems with it. Occasionally, if it has a lot of citrus in it, it smells a bit, but then I just go and empty it.

 

This is the sort of thing I mean http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=peg+bucket&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=1168901589&ref=pd_sl_9hhy8lpiop_e

 

but I bought mine at a local garden centre for £4.99 and didn't have to pay postage.

 

It will rust eventually, but it was very cheap so I don't really care.

[Willow]

I got a peely bin from lakeland - comes in cream and blue and metal so won't break and looks nice.

 

Added link http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/peely+bin/product/10879

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[Egluntyne]

I got a bog standard silvery plastic one from Recycle Now.

 

[hillfamily]

I've got a pretty red metal colander that I use I line it with a piece of kitchen roll and empty it everyday, so no smells It was cheap, durable and looks pretty

[The Dogmother]

I got a bog standard silvery plastic one from Recycle Now.

 

 

I have the same one from them. I line it with kitchen paper and some Bokashi to absorb any smells, then empty it into the wormery.

[Snowy]

Just spotted this one from Harrod Horticultural and thought of you!

Compost Crock

[fowlbird]

we got this from Ikea

 

 

with 2 of these

 

 

they fit under the sink, one is for rubbish the other for recyling but it could easily be used for composting - space permitting we'd have put two of them under the sink - recycling, rubbish and composting all in one place

 

for composting we have a dark green plastic caddy - functional, hygenic and my favourite colour

[mostin]

I bought my friend the newest one out of the Lakeland catalogue.

 

it looks like a huge red apple and is quite stunning. She adores it, and lakeland now do some bags that go in the caddy for you to carry your compost out in and these break down too. I think they are made of some kind of starch instead of plastic. There is also a filter in the lid to cut down on whiffs.

[Mumpty]

I bought a relly nice one from Garden Trading

 

http://www.gardentrading.co.uk/store/product_details.vc?VChid3=,,821VS-s3QhZCi2qMorPd3V6zWlDN893l4ckhJVhOuDSTXJqF-ySrOER0

[The Dogmother]

I bought a relly nice one from Garden Trading

 

http://www.gardentrading.co.uk/store/product_details.vc?VChid3=,,821VS-s3QhZCi2qMorPd3V6zWlDN893l4ckhJVhOuDSTXJqF-ySrOER0

 

I like that one Mumpty

[Cinnamon]

I just have a little plstic pot,lined with kitchen roll on my worktop,which I empty every day.

The pot can then go in the dishwasher,so it keeps nice & clean.

 

I did have the Lakeland Peely Bin, but I found that when it was full & heavy the handles really cut into my hands when I lifted it for emptying. I would rather do little & often than emptying a whole heap of rotting stuff once a week.

[The Dogmother]

My 'worm bin' is currently just outside the back door, as I was inundated with fruit flies this year!

[Snowy]

I use am empty mealworm tub

[..lay a little egg for me]

Gosh, we are so stingy...we use an old ice cream carton! It does not look attractive on the worktop.

[quickcluck]

Have just looked at the lakeland one and it looks great !

 

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/apple-compost-crock/F/keyword/apple/product/21418

 

Might have to invest!

[abwsco]

Only just seen this thread. The Daily Mail had a selection of kitchen compost bins in the mag on Saturday. They featured the Lakeland apple and I think nine others. Not sure if the link is online.

[RosemarysBaby]

I got a bog standard silvery plastic one from Recycle Now.

 

 

 

I've just ordered this bog standard silver one too but I got mine free and my 330l compost bin for £8 from our council sudbsidised i am very happy!

[Phoebe]

I have a ceramic one on the window sill which I use for veg preparation (and empty daily as I broke the lid !!) and a small chrome pedal bin which sits on the floor mummy and baby style by my big chrome bin. Both have the starch compostable bags in as I got fed up with washing out nasty smelly juice stuff all the time

 

Only problem is that the cat likes chewing and shredding the starch bags if I leave too much hanging over the edge of the floor bin

[mostin]

Have just looked at the lakeland one and it looks great !

 

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/apple-compost-crock/F/keyword/apple/product/21418

 

Might have to invest!

 

My friend still thanks me for the apple one I got her for her birthday everytime I go to her house. Never thought she would be so happy with a compost caddy .

[quickcluck]

I am pleased

[Mrs Frugal]

I bought a relly nice one from Garden Trading

 

http://www.gardentrading.co.uk/store/product_details.vc?VChid3=,,821VS-s3QhZCi2qMorPd3V6zWlDN893l4ckhJVhOuDSTXJqF-ySrOER0

 

I have something similar - a white and blue enamel nappy soaking bucket . It holds no end of peelings. I stick a sheet of kitchen paper in the base to make emptying easy. It's a bit old and battered but it looks nice in my kitchen .

[kitchens]

We use an orange jacobs cream cracker tub that the cheese crackers came in at Christmas. I keep meaning to replace it but you can get quite a lot in it and the lid shuts nicely so no nasty smells.