Comments for Panasonic Introducing Home Compost Machine in Japan at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:01:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-29127 Nature Mill composters are terrible and their customer service is even worst! If you don't belive me just try to contact them. DON'T BUY IT![b][/b]:( - Matt Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:48:38 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-28725 making compost is getting easier - Fred Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:53:29 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25870 I live in Japan (Ota City) where the government will pay a subsidy for composting machines. For this one, I think it is about 15,000 yen (150 dollars at the present exchange rate). By the way, it is true that in the countryside of Japan the houses are a reasonable size (I am British though). - Steve Jennings Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:28:48 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25576 I love the idea of composting and having something to help keep the smell down as i live in a neighbor hood where the HOA is pretty anal. So i got a nature mill and after being inside for 2 days, it was sent out side, it is always getting jammed up and has never deposited the dirt in the catcher below - good idea, bad execution. - Craig Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:12:14 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25407 If you composte your garbage: - Then you have enough space for yours plants - You care for the idea of reducing green waste - You want to save the energy needed to get industrially rid of garbage - You want to save a bit a money by getting free nutrients for your plants Yet, this device needs energy and I fear that if it only takes 2kg, a family will have to make it work probably every day, unless they carry on throwing away their garbage. What a waste of energy for so little result. Plus it is very costly, is it really worth it? Finally, if you compost several times a week, then obviously, you have quite some space for some big plants... And contrary to a wide belief, only flats in cities like Tokyo are very small, but I've been travelling to Japan and outside big central cities, homes are rather "normal". So this electric compost machine is just an expensive gadget... - Angelie Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:00:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25344 Here in Seattle, even apartment/condo dwellers and businesses can put their food waste into the yard waste bins and have it picked up for free. It's sent to an industrial composter (Cedar Grove) where it becomes compost in 60 days and is then sold at retailers. At the end of the month a new waste company (that uses CNG trucks even!) will be collecting yard waste weekly meaning that we can even send cheese and meat to the yard waste bin. Not something would try with one of these little doohickies. - Charli Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:49:05 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25324 You've got to be kidding me right? I don't work for the company and I've never purchased one of their products. I'm just interested in composting, that's all. - Jon Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:57:53 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25307 The Koreans have a far better solution for home food waste. Near the dumpsters/recycling containers sit a couple of 55 gallon drums. You simply put your food scraps into those and every so often a couple of farmers come around and pick them up...whereupon they are fed to the pigs that are fed to the people putting the kitchen scraps into the drums. - Lex Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:54:49 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25294 Why stop at storing the waste over the winter? Just grind it up and recycle it into your cooking. As long as you don't leave the leftovers unrefrigerated for more than 6 hours, you can safely re-process. - Vicus Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:14:40 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25278 I live in Minnesota & I save my fruit/vegetable scraps in plastic coffee cans (lids on) & then about every two weeks get out a blender & blend up the scraps with some water - in summer I dig a hole in the compost pile - pour in the blended mixture & cover it back up with dirt; winter time - store the plastic cans in the basement or garage (where they freeze - no smell) then bury it in spring time - the grass for about 5 feet around the compost pile grows at least twice as fast as the rest of the lawn & much greener also - the next time I bury another batch the worms are everywhere & are really big & fat; my theory why wait for bacteria etc. to break down the compost - grind/blend it up & speed up the process - dialtone Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:28:39 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25272 if it goes through two kilos of waste in a few hours, why would you need more space? and japanese houses are indeed notoriously tiny. you want to save all the space you can. we also pay for our garbage here; composting it would save the money it would cost to dispose of it as well. - Natalia Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:58:37 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25268 Japanese colonic waste requires platinum catalyst treatment due to presence of partially digested AAA batteries. - Crighton Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:43:07 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25267 Please, not so obvious. It seems the guys from natural mill are following up these posts. I have bought a natural mill and works pretty bad. The experience is awful, no design, it uses a lot of energy and I had a really bad delivery experience. I gave up after having several colonies dying and rotting in my kitchen. I dont have the money to buy the panasonic one but it looks good, it promises and I believe it delivers so I rather spend more money and have something that works than felling cheated. - Mario Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:35:36 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25265 I was going to mention the nature mill but you beat me to it. Even the most expensive model is 399 but you can also get one for 299 or 199. I've heard nothing but good things about them. I know they usually offer a discount around earth day and so I'm probably going to buy one then. - Jon Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:41:39 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25248 Remember that Japanese homes generally are very small, with little if any back yard or garage. So this may serve a niche in Japan. A worm bin would seem to be easier, however, and it would use less electricity (none). - Foraker Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:31:07 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/recycling/2633#comment-25247 I have a Nature mill (www.naturemill,com) electric composter that I paid $199 for. It churns through a 120 pounds of kitchen scraps a month, rotating them and heating them. It also produces compost tea. It's been running for about 3 months now. Great. - Steve Hussey Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:04:16 +0100