Kitchen Compost

Other products by Norpro Ratting 4.0 Out of 5.0 Special Offer Total New 13 Use List Price: $27.99 Our Price: $18.98   $5.58   $18.98 at of 2009-09-12 Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [amazon.com or endless.com, as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product. Buy Low Price From Here Now Norpro 10" ceramic compost keeper. Store peelings, egg shells, coffee grounds and vegetable scraps for transfer to your garden composter. Includes charcoal filter in lid to keep compost odorless. ... Read Full Story

The activated carbon filter prevents odors. Held in the lid, the filter lasts up to three months. For use with the Norpro Kitchen Stainless Steel and/or Ceramic Compost Crocks (sold separately). Sold in a set of 12 filter. China. Read more Replacement Filters (Set of 12) for the Norpro Kitchen (Stainless Steel and/or Ceramic) Compost Crocks (SAVE $$$) Read Full Story

International Composting Awareness Week (Sunday 3rd to Saturday 9th May 2009) is a week of activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products. Approximately 60% of the rubbish Australians put in the everyday mixed-waste ‘garbage bin’ could be put to better use in the garden as compost and mulch or could be returned to agricultural land to improve soil quality. Alarmingly, such a huge amount of organically-active material buried ‘anaerobically’ (without air) in landfill causes over 3% of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions annually by producing methane : a ... Read Full Story

You may have heard that composting is a good thing because food waste that rots in our landfills and creates methane gas that adds to the greenhouse effect, but that’s a lot to take in even for a minimalist. I mean, I’m not a scientist. But, here are some other reasons why I started composting my food waste. First of all, I cook a fair amount so I create a lot of vegetable scraps. What do I do with them? I can either put them into my garbage disposal and risk clogging it up, (what a pain!), or I can throw them into my ... Read Full Story

The great thing about tea is it tastes great, is great for your health and it’s budget friendly. Every so often I get a little bored with my tea prep and willingly look for ways to complicate things. When I received a humongous gift certificate a few years ago I drove myself crazy deciding what to get. Finally I chose and made one of those buys that basically makes no sense and you never really understand why you actually did. I had to buy something - I didn’t want to be one of those people that doesn’t use their gift cert, so I chose ... Read Full Story