Kitchen Compost Pail

Composting is a great way to conserve resources and keep things out of the landfill. With a little bit of work, you can turn your kitchen scraps and yard waste into good, healthy soil.
If you want to compost your kitchen scraps, you really need to set yourself up right. First, you need a good, easy to clean, compost pail with a lid and filter. The lid and filter keep the smell and the fruit flies away. Then, you need good can liners, or bags. If you use a biodegradable bag you can just pick it up and throw it bag and all into the composter. Lastly, a good outdoor compost bin to put the scraps in to let them rot.
There are two general kinds of compost bins, a classic bin or a tumbler. A classic bin can be made homemade fairly cheaply and easily, or a decent one can be purchased. With a classic bin you will have to use a shovel or pitchfork to stir and eventually to remove the compost. A tumbling composter, while more expensive, has some real advantages. When it needs to be stirred, you just spin the bin. When it needs to be emptied, you just remove a lid and dump.

Kitchen tip: Empty your compost pail at least once a week to avoid the bag biodegrading too early.