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Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:50 pm
by Colin Miles
All the rage after the review on Radio 2. Is it as good as they say, or is it merely a question of good composting practice?
http://www.hotbincomposting.com/
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:57 pm
by alan refail
Hmm! £138 for a fifth of a cubic metre bin seems pricey. My food waste goes in my big compost heaps and decomposes cheaply.
I notice they are out of stock!
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:12 pm
by FelixLeiter
Hmm indeed. Product endorsement from the BBC, which I am taking issue with them. And yes, over-priced. I've seen, and indeed tested, many of these bins over the years, all making similar claims. I'm not convinced that this one is completely effective. Our council now takes food waste away separately for processing. i'd rather they did it for me; let them take the risk with vermin and smells attendant with composting cooked food. I have little cooked food waste in any case: it all gets eaten.
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:34 pm
by peter
We have a dog.
Zero food waste bar bones.
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:47 pm
by PLUMPUDDING
Zero food waste here too - hens. My compost gets extremely hot anyway in my home made three section compost bins made from breeze blocks with aviary mesh bases to keep the rats out and second hand pieces of twin wall perspex lids. And at 3 x 1 cu metre square they produce lots of very good compost.
It is a shame that people new to gardening are taken for a ride like this. I'm sure all the fancy plastic bins only cost a few pounds to manufacture.
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:39 pm
by Stephen
Sorry, mised the article/programme.
Like Felix, cooked food gets eaten but peelings, trimmings and other food waste goes into the wormery (coffee grounds go directly onto the garden).
The allotment has composting daleks.
If I have a problem it is too little material in a single space to create a hot heap.
Re: Hotbin Composting
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:04 pm
by Johnboy
I couldn't get the video to play for me but read some of the comments and couldn't stop laughing at them especially Tracy's.
It couldn't be that she has made a cock-up it's got to be all the other bins
with a hole in the bottom to allow the bugs in.
It is so easy to make compost and it is a matter of balance but if you do not pay heed as to what you put in and wonder why it smells and is no good who's fault is it. Obviously not Tracy's!
JB.