On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:29:43 -0700 (PDT), Silvar Beitel
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>Stainless steel compost bucket and liners. In my house, all vegetable
>waste goes in here and eventually gets dumped into the big compost
>bins in the back yard. Liners are made of cornstarch and are
>themselves bio-degradable. Source: I forget. If you're really
>interested, buzz me and I'll look it up.
>
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I have to disagree with you on this one.

I get cottage cheese in 3 lb containers and have always used them for
compost stuff. They have a lid, they are free, they can go into the
dishwasher and are easily sacrificed/recycled if they grown green or
nasty.

I was given a gift of the stainless mini-can, with filters and
compostable liners for my birthday last year. It came from King Arthur
Flour.

First off, the liners are wasteful and not cheap, but aside from that,
they dissolve with wet goop and the interior of the can gets sloppy.
It can go into the dishwasher, but frankly, it is big and takes up a
lot of room.

So...yes, that KA can can be washed, but its size means that it holds
a LOT of stuff, and that is why it requires an expensive filter,
because stuff sits there longer than it should. The top has holes in
it so it does seal, something that old cottage cheese containers do
easily.

It is so anti-recycling to use this set up, that I think it's a joke.
Again, it is certainly allowing some folks to save stuff for compost
in a way that is convenient for them, but to me, it just doesn't cut
it.

And yes, my kids laugh at my re-use of the cottage cheese containers.
The KA can looks a lot nicer on the counter, I admit it, but the
constant need of supplies to keep it functioning (filters & bags)
takes the pleasure out of it.

Boron