You Can Turn Your Thanksgiving Leftovers into Compost

You can compost at home many of your leftovers from Thanksgiving week-end feast with friends and family, divert them from reaching landfills, and turn them into rich compost. For sure, it is better to compost these leftovers, than trashing and sending them to landfills to rot and increase greenhouse gases and pollution.

If you are looking for a composting device to start composting at home, there are countless websites and videos online that can teach you how to set up a composting bin, including this HOTBIN website.

Unfortunately, you can also find a good amount of online articles that will stop you from adding most leftovers to your composting bin. This is where HOTBIN separates itself from the rest of composters… as with HOTBIN, you can add literally almost everything and get the waste composted 32X (times) faster than competing ‘cold composters and tumblers.’

Why are some food-waste not recommended to be added to a composter bin? Because not all composters can do the ‘all included’ job. Why can’t you add them to a cold composter? Most food scraps from feasts like Thanksgiving and Christmas, are prepared with oils, sugars, and seasonings, and cold composters cannot handle it without creating bad odors and drawing unwanted animals to your composting bin.

We agree that odors is a common concern that draws people back from composting at home. However, if you select a hot-composter like HOTBIN to dispose of your food & garden scrap, you will be able to ‘dump’ everything’ and produce rich compost in 30-90 days, all year round. No washing, turning or tumbling required. Check this testimonial from Master Composter Megan Brosterman (NY) where she touches on the above subject and describes her experience with HOTBIN as… “The best part for me is that everything goes in! No more separating any food waste… and it is fast!” and Henry Schmidt, a financial executive officer from Illinois and advocate of the HOTBIN brand, that is "Able to Compost Even During Last Winter’s Coldest Days and Drastically Reduced the Waste Added to Our Weekly Garbage Bins." For if I have forgotten to mention… all HOTBINs come with a ‘charcoal filter’ that reduces or eliminates bad odors.

This is a list of some food that are ‘no can do’s’ on cold-composters, and ‘can do’s’ on a hot composter like HOTBIN:

Lastly, don’t forget to include coffee grounds and tea bags to your list of compostable leftovers. Holiday feasts generates mounds of coffee grounds and tea bags, and they are great leftovers to add to your bin, as they break down without a problem.

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