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The Power of Indoor Compost
Dominic writes "Last week, a certain Sharp kitchen composter was the talk of the internet. But sadly, it used 300W of power to run! Not quite the perfect ideal of nature-friendlyness a composter ought to be. This week, Treehugger has a better model up, The Naturemill, which is actually available in North America, and only uses 4W of power. Best of all, it can still handle enough food waste for a family of 5. So you can get your compost on without all the hastle of a pile. And without the electric bills."
I know of an organic indoor composter that uses 0W. It's called vermiculture. essentially you have a bin of worms in your home (basement, under the sink, heated garage...). You place the organic waste in the top and the worms crawl around and eat it and produce very rich soil.
You can build the bin yourself or buy one from a place such as this one that I picked semirandomly from google: composters.com
-1: flamebait should really be -1: inciteful
Not true. Landfills are sealed to avoid polluting ground water. Thus a landfill is an environment mostly free of water and oxygen, so organic wastes do not decompose readily. This site has some good information on landfill decay, including this interesting fact:
"Only one-third to one-half of even easily decomposed materials such as lawn, garden and food waste is decomposed after 20 years."Manufacture in China
1) Indoor composters compost faster, and they work all year round.
2) They also work in cold climates with longer more extreme winters.
3) They work for people in apartments.
4) They are good in educational environments.
5) They can produce liquid fertilizer for indoor houseplants.
6) They won't attract animals
Cjheck out the Worm Bin Factory have worms in them. It has a little nozzle, like on a water cooler, that allows you to drain a highly potent liquid plant fertilizer, which can be used for indoor plants more conveniently than a big thing of compost.