Easy Recycled Compost Bins

There is no product information on recycled plastic as it comes from many different sources and is generally referred to as “Kerbside Waste”    The manufacturing process used to produce this product can only use recycled kerbside plastic or factory offcuts.  Other recycled plastic materials used in many recycled products are not suitable for the process required to produce the Compot.

All care is taken to produce a quality product that will work for you all day every day giving you many years of satisfaction, as well as naturally fertilizing your garden, reducing council waste and therefore reducing greenhouse methane gas emissions.

Please see our returns and refunds policy if you are not satisfied with your purchase but please call us first.    It is very rare for the Compot not to work and you might just need a little extra information.
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Compot Height: 23cm
Compot Diameter: 24cm
Lid Height: 4cm
Lid Diameter: 23cm outer; 19.5cm inner
Combined Height: 26cm
Capacity: 10 liters per pot
Depth of hole to dig: 23cm
Box Dimensions for shipping: 26cm x 26cm x 28cm
Weight for shipping: 2kgs

Add 1 kg for each 1kg of garden products that you might add to your order

POSTAGE COSTS:  $10 flat postage rate now applies to all Compot bundles

If for any reason you feel the cost of a Compot is out of your budget please email us  so we can work something out for you.

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I love my free grass clippings and leaves all mowed up together. If you don’t have grass clippings and leaves you can purchase straw, hay, lucern mulch, pea straw and many other types of cover. If you can afford to buy shredded bamboo, this is an amazing cover for your pots and your garden beds.  But it does cost money. Otherwise stick to what is cheap and easy. Just don’t cover with dirt or sugar cane mulch if you have a rat problem in your area.

Is there an odour?

There should be no odour that you can smell.  The bugs will smell it but you should not. If there is an odour you need to call me so I can work out what needs tweaking in your process. Most likely it is your soil that is the problem and perhaps needs some minor adjustments on how the Compot will work in your kind of soil. Covering your pots will filter any odours (which you can’t smell) that might attract house flies. The last thing you want is to be breeding up house flies in your small courtyard. So if you don’t have leaves or grass clippings then try hay, lucern mulch, pea straw, or my favourite “shredded bamboo” (which is costly) which allows water into your garden but stops evaporation. And if you have bad soil worms will take the shredded bamboo deep down into the soil at the base of you pot. Thus improving your soil as time goes by.

What is a good ground cover?

A good ground cover is leaves, shredded bamboo, and grass clippings if you have any. Otherwise hay, straw, light mulches, pea straw, lucern mulch or anything except dirt and sugar cane mulch. Grass clippings are my favorite because they are the cheapest and provide a great cover for your soil. Just spread the covering all around your garden a couple of inches thick. Not too thick because you want it to break down quickly and not burn any of your plants. Put irrigation pipe below the grass clipping to prevent evaporation and help keep the grass clipping moist for the worms. This also counters the issue of grass matting together and becoming hydrophobic. It will turn into beautiful soil directly on your garden bed with out any hard work involved. And you don’t get those little compost flies hanging around the clippings if they are not too thick. To read in-depth details about how to use a Compot click here Green Compot x 1 

How to install Easy Recycled Compost Bins

Simply dig a small hole to accommodate the base of the Compot and back fill. Fill with all your kitchen waste. Lock on lid, cover with your desired garden cover and forget. Then refill, when ever you are ready, with more waste. You do not need to wait for everything to disappear. Just keep topping them up till you can’t top them up anymore. Allow them to rest for a few weeks now and when full of composted soil simply scoop out the soil and start to refill again. You will know by the look of the soil if they are ready for emptying and refilling. Articles coming soon What can I put in my Compots with my dog waste (coming soon) What if my dogs want to dig it up (coming soon) Black Soldier Flies and Animal Waste (coming soon) Shop Recycled Black Compots Now Shop ABSeeds

The current manufacturer I use produces the recycled Compots with off cuts from the factory floor and a portion of virgin plastic to allow the product to hold together and produce a quality product.   Previously, the quality was not as good so I would not guarantee the Black Compots.  But now I will guarantee the Black Compots for the same period as the green ones (2 years).   They will still be slightly weaker than the green ones so ideally avoid standing on them if you can.  They are excellent for use in the Above Ground Method or any raised garden bed where you are not likely to walk on the pots and will work just the same as the green ones.

In the past the Recycled Compots have been made from a mixture of plastic (called Kerbside Plastic) which could potentially leach chemicals into the soil all depending on what the plastic was used for before it was recycled. These older products are not currently produced but may be used if there is not enough off cuts from the factory floor.  The manufacturing process used to produce this product can only use recycled kerbside plastic or factory offcuts or virgin material.  Other recycled plastic materials used in many recycled products are not suitable for the process required to produce the Compot.

The Black Recycled Compots are not as strong as the green virgin plastic Compots.  As  mentioned you can break the tabs on the lid if you stand on them but they are much stronger than previous stock and should last as long as the virgin green ones.  Both can easily be recycled at a time when they finally fall apart.

I now guarantee the Black Recycled Compots and the potential of chemicals leaching into the soil is limited and depends on where the recycled plastic comes from.  If a large quantity of “Kerbside Plastic” is used there is the potential of chemicals leaching into the soil. So it all depends on what the manufacturer uses in his factory.  Just for you information – it is impossible to know if the recycled plastic was made from plastic containers which previously held poisonous material.  Testing each batch of recycled plastic is not likely to happen due to the cost involved in the testing process.

However I can guarantee that the new Black Recycled eco-eze Compots will not leach chemicals into the soil so you can safely place them around your veggies or fruit trees.

The choice is yours in the end.   The green ones can be recycled when you are finished with them.   The Black ones get weaker with each recycle phase until the plastic is no longer useable. The Black Recycled Compots can be recycled at the end of their useful life in your garden.