Making Compost From Kitchen Waste – 30% of Landfill Is Kitchen Waste!

About 20% to 30% of landfill is kitchen and yard waste… That’s honestly a pretty darn big amount, considering that virtually all of this can be easily recycled and composted. And it doesn’t even have to smell bad!

Thing is, a lot of people wrongly think that composting, even small amounts of kitchen waste and leftovers, is either going to take up a lot of space, too much space even, or that it’s going to stink up their home something terrible, or that they just have no real use for the compost.

Or all three.

But the truth is that these are actually fairly simple things to get around. The trick is in knowing how to deal with this, and not to start composting and trying to figure it all out as you go along.

As you probably already realize, composting, especially inside your own home, is not something you wanna risk messing up badly…the stink resulting from that can be…horrible.

But don’t let that put you off. As I said, finding out what to do to avoid these things is the first step you’ll need to take before you even start composting anything leftover from your kitchen.

Which is why I wanted to let you know all about composting bins.

Yeah, what a great topic to start on, haha! But you’ll need to know what size, and the kind of bins you should be using for composting, and you can even get filters for some to stop any smell escaping too!

Of course, these filters are far more useful for the small, kitchen bins you’ll also be using, since the big bins with the real compost in, won’t really smell bad at all if you’ve done it all right.

Thing is, with kitchen leftovers, its far easier and just better to have a small, “temporary” compost bin to just quickly put food waste and leftovers in, especially while you are cooking, this is very useful.

This won’t be the proper compost, simply a way of storing the kitchen scraps you get before dumping them in with the rest of the compost, in a larger bin.

This larger bin can generally hold 330 litres of compost and waste. This is for “average” 3 or 4 person households. For just two people, 220 litres is a decent capacity.

If you do find that your bins are not big enough, you can easily just get another one. Many composters have 2 or 3 bins they regularly rotate through

And for the small, temporary kitchen waste bins, 15 litres, or even less if you don’t mind emptying it more often, is absolutely fine.

But even air filters won’t stop the smell coming out and hitting you round the nose when you open the lid…which is why learning all the ins and outs of making compost from kitchen waste, figuring out C:N ratios and exactly what types of waste and scraps you can put in to compost.