Comments

1. 
   GaiaGiftFarm 07/10/2013

   Definitely the covered wine bucket. It's got finesse AND a lid.

   We used the plastic cookie tub for years (I'm immune to cookies)and recently switched to a small step-open garbage can which works great for 3 seasons. Recently the fruit-flies made it clear to us that it was not air-tight and hubby freaked out when he found that the flies had been, ummm... proliferating in there, too. Our compost pile is far far away from the back door, as well, and it does tend to pile up. I bought a new Rubbermaid tight-sealing tub on the weekend to get us through the season, but we really miss the convenience & capacity of the little garbage can.

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   PattiT 07/10/2013

   I vote for option 3, the vintage wine bucket.

3. 
   user-7006916 07/12/2013

   Cookie jar, duh.

4. 
   susan749 07/14/2013

   I like the vintage wine cooler too. I use a plastic mixing bowl with a handle but then I take it out to the compost every day, even in the middle of the winter usually in the dark which is when we are doing the dishes.

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   cooke 07/23/2013

   We use a bucket similar to your old galvanized one but smaller, newer, and shinier; no cover. I line it with a stack of the plastic bags from vegetables, which are just the right size, to line the inside and roll over the rim. We take it out to the compost bin every few days. When you lift out the full bag, there are more underneath ready to fill. The plastic bag gets dropped in the covered trash bin outside on the way back from the compost pile. Haven't had much trouble with flies or odor. If we do notice anything we take it out. I think light and air circulation help. I'd be afraid a covered, especially air tight one, would smell worse.

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   trashywoman62 08/06/2013

   I have a plastic ice cream bucket w/tight lid sitting next to the sink and one of those plastic kitty litter containers outside the kitchen door. When inside one gets full, it goes out to bigger container. Seems to work well for me although sometimes in summer it starts to get funky pretty fast but both containers seal well and haven't experienced any smells or fruit flies. I just keep meaning to paint over the kitty litter logo coz its not so pretty on the patio.

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   martha11 08/08/2013

   As we all know freezers perform better when full. During the Winter as our freezer is becoming empty we use any free plastic bag, e.g., vegetable bags from the grocery or re-usable zip type bags to collect kitchen scraps. We throw them in the freezer to be buried in our lasagna garden when convenient during the Spring or Summer or collect enough to make a new batch of compost. No wasted counter space; no mess; no odors.

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   ChrisCasey 09/27/2013

   Cookie jar. We use a stainless steel ice bucket with lid. kinda boring, but it's the right size and matches the coffee maker, toaster, etc.

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   RossOttawa 10/09/2013

   Check out the Kitchen Cone. It lets you use newspaper as a liner, has a lid, and it has LOTS of ventilation so the food dries out and doesn't smell.