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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 31
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 31

by Mark Frauenfelder
July 2012
Beginner
176 pages
7h 48m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 31

1+2+3 Trash Can Composter

BY THOMAS J. AREY

I LIKE TO PICK THINGS OUT OF TRASH cans and reuse castaway items. Here, I repur-pose the trash can itself to facilitate recycling organic waste into beneficial compost.

Commercial composting canisters can be costly, but they’re simply a place to allow natural microbial processes to convert waste matter into a dark, fresh-smelling soil. Commercial versions allow air and some water to get in, and sometimes a way to mix.

Most home trash cans fail when part of the bottom wears away, leaving a hole. Such a trash can is perfect for this project, since we’re just going to add more holes anyway.

1. Clean the trash can.

Scrub the trash can thoroughly inside and out to ensure that no inorganic waste remains. ...

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