How to HOT compost

The Kick Start bottle is like a hot water bottle for the HOTBIN! It can be used when starting the HOTBIN in the cold or following a holiday where the HOTBIN has cooled down. This article covers how to use it effectively.

Commercial accelerators are not required in the HOTBIN so save your money. It's more important to keep composting bacteria happy.

The necessity of turning your compost is a highly debated topic that divides the experts. This short article explores whether turning is required in the HOTBIN and what exactly the pros and cons are of turning compost.

Bulking agent creates air voids in waste to keep the HOTBIN composting aerobically. We look at whether sawdust can do the same job.

Whatever sized container you are using to collect your waste, here is an easy wasy to understand the ratios and required measurements of bulking agent and shredded paper to add in addition your waste.

Households are becoming increasingly under pressure to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill and to recycle more. Reduced frequency of waste collections have been introduced, bin sizes are being squeezed and food caddies becoming a familiar site in many kitchens as the councils ask us to collect and leave out our food waste for recycling.

Guide to chopping and shredding waste before adding to your HOTBIN

Hot composting produces rich organic compost quickly. With hot composting, you can compost nearly all domestic food waste as well as all of your garden waste.

We recommend adding 30g of dry paper per 1 kg of food waste. As different kitchen waste caddies vary in capacity, we have put the most common sized caddies in a table with the amount of paper needed.