As well as using it to raise temperatures, you can remove it to cool the bin down, for example if the compost temperature exceeds 70 degrees C, as this will be too hot for the composting microbes to survive and the process will stall. Our premium Green Johanna offering, with all the equipment you need to manage food waste in the kitchen and create quality compost all year round.

You can add a winter jacket to your composter that will maintain these temperatures in the colder winter months, the jacket made from foam polyethylene should only be fitted when the average out door temperature consistently falls below 5°C, and removed when the temperature is constantly above 10°C.The winter jacket should be fitted when the average outdoor temperature consistently falls below 5°C for a number of days and removed when the temperature is constantly above 10°C. The efficient airflow system helps to maintain an aerobic environment, which, together with effective layering and aerating, prevents odours. Simply scrape your plate directly into the digestor to reduce mess, cut down on indoor food waste bins and make the whole process simpler and cleaner! The base has small holes in it, designed so that worms may enter directly from the ground to feed and accelerate the composting process, but of a size small enough to exclude rodents.

Hannah and Claire, a couple from the East Midlands, adopted their three children through Barnardo’s adoption agency. Reduces the amount of methane-producing organic waste sent to landfill in areas with no local authority food waste collection. I also have a hotbin, which I fill with the same types of green and brown waste, and that gets hot even in winter; this one doesn't seem to do anything that a regular compost bin wouldn't.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.