The Low Down On Green Living
March 25th, 2009
NatureMill Makes Indoor Composting Easy
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The NatureMill Indoor composter is the ideal gadget for any ecowarrior without a yard or garden. The composter allows you to recycle your waste food easily and quickly. You can compost up to 120 lbs (55kg) of waste per month using the indoor composter!
The composter mixes and heats the waste, as well as adding moisture to encourage the breakdown of food matter. Once the food waste has broken down, you can then retrieve the compost from the bottom container of the composter.
The heat kills nasty bacteria and destroys the majority of smells. If you do smell anything from the composter, the worst you’d smell would be damp straw or mushrooms. The carbon filter inside the composter helps with the odors and only needs replacing every 5 years. Although the composter is always switched on, it only uses 5kWh a month, which costs very little in real money. Just pence really.
If you live in an flat (or apartment as they’re called in the US), then the NatureMill Indoor composter is a perfect way to reduce your landfill waste even if you don’t have a garden. The composter is small enough to fit in a kitchen cupboard, or could be stored in your garage if you have one. You can use the newly created soil to top-up your indoor plants with some natural fertilizer.
And here’s the best bit about the composter. Due to the way the waste is mixed and aerated, the decomposing material releases no methane into the atmosphere. This means you can do your bit to help reduce greenhouse gasses too!
This guest article about the NatureMill indoor composter was written by Dan Harrison. Dan has a passion for all kinds of eco-friendly gadgets. Dan also runs DailyEcoTips.com where you can read a new eco tip every day!
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March 30th, 2009 at 6:35 am
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Theresa Baker
March 31st, 2009 at 11:58 am
Just a friendly tip… I have ordered one of these composters and still have not received it as they have become sooooo popular, they are extremely back ordered. If you want yours to come to provide nice organic compost for your spring garden ORDER NOW!
would love to have an indoor composter!
March 31st, 2009 at 1:30 pm
if we’re talking being truly green, how much power does this use monthly?
Dan @ EnviroGadget.com
April 1st, 2009 at 12:45 am
Hi Theresa, thanks for the tip! Not surprised that they’re in demand. I have a garden, so I don’t need one despite being tempted by one.
The indoor composter uses 5 kWh per month, so whatever that works out to be. Certainly no more than $1.
Dan
Molly
November 10th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
This is a great product for Composting.
Bethan Mowat
January 28th, 2010 at 10:42 am
For those about to buy the Naturmill be advised of a few things:
1, It makes ALOT of noise when turning. So much so that in the middle of night we thought someone was breaking in.
2. It can smell horrific. We had to move it to the garage because the smell was so bad, and even then I have begged my husband to give it a couple more chances however he is ready to have it gone.
3. For the price, it is not overly sturdy and I think that that is why my husband is not very happy. He is a builder and when we received the product he was very disappointed for the price we payed.
I only pass this info on because I was so keen on this product and was extremely disappointed. I had read a bunch of blogs and thought that the writers we’re just crusty clients! Well here I am in the same boat as them with a 400$ machine that does not work as smoothly as it says it does.
I bought it to be able to compost during the winter time only to read that you can’t use the compost in house plants because it is too strong. So now I put the compost in a bucket till spring. Just feels like it is not quite worth it.
Diane
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I recently purchased one of these, have been using it for 3 weeks and love it. It’s taken a bit of experimentation to get the right balance of green stuff and brown stuff. Any smells are a sign that the balance is off.
We’ve found it’s better to add more “brown” (sawdust pellets, grains, coffee grounds) than is suggested in the manual, which is 1 part brown for 4 parts green. As soon as we started adding 1.5-2 parts brown to 4 parts green, the unpleasant smell disappeared. I’d also recommend always adding the brown when you add green, rather than waiting until you’ve added 4 cups/1 litre of green stuff.
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