HOTBIN owner Clare has a smallholding with 50 chickens, 6 alpacas and is now about to open a cattery (www.clarescattery.co.uk). Following her success with her first two HOTBIN compost bins, she has asked us a number of “smelly based” questions over the past couple of months, the latest of which is ...
Read More »Compost bin review Permaculture review HOTBIN composter
John Adams and Maddy Harland at the Permaculture Magazine review the HOTBIN compost bin. They loved it so much, they decided to add it to their green shopping supplement. Over the years I have tried most ways of making compost but I have never found one that really suited my requirements until Maddy showed ...
Read More »Can I compost egg shells and eggs?
CAN I COMPOST EGG SHELLS AND EVEN ‘OUT OF DATE’ EGGS? You have missed the box of eggs in the back of the fridge – they are 3 weeks past the USE BY date – you are not going to eat them… what do you do with them? Here is the HOTBIN ...
Read More »Composting Leylandii, Conifer and Pine Needles HOTBIN
YOU CAN COMPOST ALL FORMS OF CONFER Some composting advice state: ‘do not compost leylandii, pine needles or other conifers as they create acidic compost and soils’. Below we set outline whether this is a myth or fact. Will leylandii compost in the HOTBIN? Yes. Leylandii and pine needles can be ...
Read More »HOTBIN composter featured in The Telegraph
The HOTBIN was in The Telegraph this Saturday and you can read it on-line too.
Read More »HOTBIN composting makes a difference
Waldringfield Community Composting scheme is successfully diverting food waste from landfill. Last weekend we visited our friends at Waldringfield Community Composting to look at the results of the first 3 months of the HOTBIN use. Everyone was keen to learn how much food waste the 12 households had actually diverted from landfill. The results ...
Read More »Tumbler compost bin versus HOTBIN with no turning
If you have landed on this page, you are probably trying to decide whether to buy a tumbler compost bin or the HOTBIN. We offer you a quick ‘expert’ recommendation and a more detailed list of items so you can evaluate the type of compost bin for yourself. Alternatively jump ...
Read More »School Composting
RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL COMPOSTING PROJECT – HOTBIN COMPOSTER CASE STUDY We have a number of schools using the HOTBIN to compost food and garden waste. Below we share how they got started and our hints and tips for success. First decision: decide if this is an “adults only, reduce waste ...
Read More »Is hot composting worth it? What are the benefits of hot composting?
HOT COMPOSTING VERSUS COLD COMPOSTING What a brilliant turn out HOTBIN had in The Potting Shed at the Edible Garden show last weekend. There is definitely an appetite to learn more about the benefits of hot composting over cold composting and how it can contribute to reducing what each household ...
Read More »170 THINGS TO COMPOST
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN COMPOST? HOTBIN’S COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS TO COMPOST GUIDE IS FOR YOU! We compost every day and know what can go in at a practical level. Based on what type of compost bin you have and how hot it gets, we tell you how ...
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