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I bought a cheap plastic composter from a big box store and it fell apart after just 8 months.
I'm out about $80 and now have a pile of half-rotted kitchen scraps to deal with, so what's a better compost bin that can handle a Midwest winter?
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haydenj9020d agoMost Upvoted
Feel like this is the story of everything now, buy the cheap version and it just becomes trash you have to replace. I had a plastic bin crack on me too, it just can't handle the freeze and thaw cycles we get. Maybe look into a basic metal can with a lid or even just building a couple wood bins, they seem to last forever. That thin plastic is never made to be outside year round, it gets brittle and falls apart.
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king.aaron20d ago
Ever notice how everything feels like it's built to fail now? That cheap plastic composter is just like my dollar store garden hose that split after one summer. Or the storage tubs that crack if you look at them wrong in the cold. It's not just compost bins. It's all the little stuff. You buy it knowing it's junk, but the good version costs three times as much. Makes you feel stuck either way.
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luna_craig589d ago
Yeah it's the same with basically everything now, it's all designed to fail right after you buy it. Haydens right about the freeze thaw thing, that thin plastic just gets brittle and snaps. Feels like we're all just stuck in a loop of buying cheap junk instead of spending once on something that actually lasts.
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