Joseph Joseph Compo Mountable Food Waste Caddy, Easy-Fill with Adjustable Air Vent Compost Bin, 4 Liters/1 Gallon, Graphite

I was using an old ice bucket lined with a grocery bag for kitchen scraps previously which I thought was fine. But then I got this. This design is much better than my garage sale ice bucket; specifically, that this is as wide as a dinner plate makes for easier corralling of scraps. The vent holes that can be open or closed to prevent condensation or odors are handy. Perhaps a bit pricey for a handled plastic container with vent holes but a very good design.

I was looking for a composting container to hold food scraps until they go out to the compost area outside. I wanted something big enough for the 2 of us for 5 days to a week but not so big that it took up a ton of space. This seems to fill the bill. I got the 4 Liter/1 gal SLIM LINE design so that I could put it into my sink while peeling veggies and still have room beside it to rinse the veggies and also so that I could mount it on the inside of the cabinet door under the sink when meal prep was complete. So far it has performed well. It holds enough veggie scraps during meal preps for the entire week, and I have not smelled any odors coming from it when the lid is closed. If I throw onion trimmings into it there is a strong onion smell for a while when the lid is open but after an hour nothing smells. I have not used the biodegradable bags for it since by the time we empty it after a number of days they would have already degraded. This means that the emptying process is a bit messy. BUT the little bin does clean up easily and so far I have noticed no stains. At present it has remained in my 2nd sink (I have a small sink in my island) until we finish installing our water filter under that sink. There will be room, but I want to optimize the space so am waiting until the filter system is fully installed, probably in about a month. (We are waiting for our contractor to do the installation.) I am pleased with this purchase. The quality and design of this is EXCELLENT, not a cheap looking or feeling product, well designed and it comes with a bracket to attach to the inside of the cabinet door which makes the bin easy to slide onto and take off the door when needed. I'm looking forward to many years of service of this little bin!

Compact, sleek design Greatly improved my food prep to scraps in compost holder. Clean and neat Very easy to clean No yucky smells

In our community, we are required to recycle table scraps. So this has become a staple in my kitchen. I did mount it on the inside of the cabinet under my sink so it was more accessible for frequent use and it fits nicely. I found that the compostable bags that my grocery store offers for vegetables and fruits fit nicely on the inside of this item. So that saves me money. I like that it’s easy to wash and very helpful in my daily routine.

We’ve had our Joseph Joseph door-mountable compost bin for several weeks now and we’re 100% pleased with it. It’s so great to have it out of the way instead on the counter all the time, and it’s very accessible in the cabinet. I mounted it on the inside of the cabinet door below the sink on the left side. We wash dishes in the right-side sink, so the bin is easy to get to even if someone’s standing at the sink. I mounted it high enough that if you inadvertently leave the lid open, the cabinet door won’t shut—I recommend that. I taped the air vent shut. It doesn’t click in place and it kept opening up—just from moving it to the counter and back. I pulled it out one day and the vent was open there were fruit flies. Since I’ve taped it shut, we haven’t seen any more. That's my one complaint....the vent cover slides around. It’s a good size, lasts a couple of days before we feel the need to empty it (3 adults at home and a garden). It’s attractive and easy to clean and the finish is such that it doesn’t seem as if it will get discolored. The top opens with one finger, so it’s easy to open if your hands are full. Lastly, it fits down onto its bracket (and comes off) without a struggle. I used the accompanying screws to mount it. I bought the 6 liter Oggi Compost Pail Liner Bag--fits perfectly.

So this is a GREAT product having features other bins do not have. If you are going to install it on the inside of a cabinet door so that you don't see it on your counter, you likely will run into the same issue I did. That is to install the mount I would have needed to use the tiny screws shipped with it which I'm sure are supplied that small because most cabinet doors are very thin. Those will NEVER hold up--with loading and unloading that bin and the opening and closing of the door regularly those little screws will come loose pretty quickly. Fortunately, most cabinets also have very thick surrounding borders. So what I did was cut a piece of scrap wood of similar color to the cabinet and installed the bin on that. I used a bolt, washer (on the bolt side), lock washer (on the nut side), and nut to connect it rather than wood screws--much better connection. Then I used much longer wood screws to affix it to the cabinet door (four total). It has to be offset from the center so it closes. It should be mounted as high as possible for under-counter cabinets for usable space below it and ease of reach, but keep in mind if you want to keep the handle in the down position, you need to leave room for the handle at the top as well. Other purchasers of this and other bins mentioned the decomposable bags decompose fairly quickly. With this, there is no need to worry about that because you can easily empty it using the handle to lift the entire bin out (it lifts out very easily) and empty it without ever touching the bag. Also, note that I used double-sided tape to affix a charcoal filter (search for rectangular ones on Amazon). I placed it directly under the vent with enough room to open and close the vent, although if you wanted it to vent better you could affix it somewhere else under the lid. I didn't want the odors coming through the vent holes which is why I placed it directly under the vent. Another complaint was the size--this is one gallon many others are bigger. If you want one to sit on top of the counter bigger is fine. But even 1 gallon gets fairly heavy so attached to a cabinet door one gallon is probably best. Also, it depends on family size--there are only 2 of us so we go a week or so before having to empty it. And I'm not sure you want to go even that long frankly. If there is one criticism I would make is there is no compartment for holding charcoal filters. That would have made this the PERFECT choice. The double-sided tape to affix the filters works fine though so no big deal.

This is a lovely compost bin. It is unobtrusive, doesn't take up too much space on the counter, is easy to use, doesn't smell, and is big enough to contain longer vegetables, such as carrots. I've tried various bins, but this is the best. It's nice to have equipment that functions with no fuss or accommodation. Oh, and it cleans up easily, too. A great product.

I admittedly haven't always been the best composter, so i will share what helped re-form my habits in hopes it helps someone else build better habits. why did i suck so bad at composting? bad reason... because I've always disliked my compost containers. too big... too small... too tall... too hard to open.. too inconvenient... too smelly... dumb shape/size... too many flies... too ugly... you name it, not a good excuse, but for me it's hard to re-form habits if the solution doesn't fit into the workflow well and causes frustration. i've tried tall garbage can ones, pretty ceramic ones, a bowl on the counter, a bucket with a screw lid, a stainless food insert form the restaurant with a lid, all had significant (enough) problems that would lead to frustration when the time came to use. so I'd do it, but kinda half-assedly. recently tho, I got this handy little bin and it's really been a game changer in re-forming my habits. why do i like it so much?... it's a good size, 1 gal. not too big that you put off dumping it in a timely manner but not so small that you can't cook anything without filling it up. and if your're cooking so much one day that it is actually too small, then i just keep a bowl on the counter just for the day's cook and dump it right away. it's narrow, wide and deep, which is nice because it doesn't take up much room on the counter and it's width makes it nice for scraping off plates. but its not so deep its uncomfortably high like many of the ones on the market. and not so deep you're grossed out pushing down the contents to make more room. if you don't like it on the counter, it has a nifty handy hanging bracket so you can put it behind a cabinet door or the side of an island. the handle makes it quick to grab to bring to the counter when you're doing a cooking project and quick to put back out of sight when you don't want the clutter. this is a big one for me.. it has a flip lid, so you don't have to put the gross, wet, bacteria laden lid on the countertop. it's easy to open with your hand or the rim of a plate and since its attached, frees up both hands for scraping. you can use it with or without a liner. the bags that it uses are on the spendy side, but the composable meat and produce bags at trader joe's (maybe elsewhere) fit perfectly so at least you can get double use of them (and they're free). other cheap bags probly work too but might be too big which brings it's own set of problems. so i buy theirs and fill in with the free ones from trader joes when i have'em on hand. the removable lid conceals the bag overhang, keeps the bag in place and makes it easy to clean. easy to wash. does NOT have a filter. I do NOT like ones with filters. filters provides a nice nesting medium for fly larvae and breeding ground for bacteria with will just make it stink up faster in the first place.the nice thing about models with filters is that they allow airflow, which keeps the moisture down, which slows down the bacterial growth. but they don't really do this enough to overcome the bigger flaws. this one has a little slider, so if you want air movement, you can slide it open, but i find that the bin is a small enough size and doesn't necesitate worrying about this so i keep it closed. durable. reasonable price... @$20 it's more than a bucket, but less than some i've looked at. i am more than happy to spend a little more on something that is well designed and more likely to be used.they make two versions. the one i'm yappin' about is the door mountable one. the other one is a squarer countertop one with a filter. that one is NOT the one i recommend.