Mountable Kitchen Compost Bin by Zero Waste Together - 2 Gal, Under Sink or Countertop, Odor Free, Dishwasher Safe, Bags Ok, Made in Canada

Nice and simple, easy to use. Will hold a couple of days of veggie scraps from a family of five. There are a couple of hooks on either side that allow you to attach a bio-baggie which helps keeps the bucket from getting gross. I like that it is slightly larger than other compost bins, and that the opening is large enough to scrape the scraps from a chopping board without spills. The lid can be lock up or pushed down behind the bin. The kid that has to empty this bin likes how easy to empty it is and how much less yukky scraps are. Easy to rinse out as no nooks and crannies. Scraps don't smell, or barely after a few days and straggler fruit flies gather on the lid, longing to get in. Has definitely improved the fruit fly problems in our kitchen. Only downside is that it doesn't look very cool or slick, but in the battle against fruit flies and stinky food scraps, utility wins out.

The WINNER: Zero Waste VS Sure Close After much debate and careful consideration this has every feature needed plus more. Measurements: Exterior: 11" Wide (side to side) by 9.5" tall (top to bottom) by 8.5" front to back. Interior: 10" width (side to side) by 9" deep (top to bottom) by 6.5" front to back. While many communities can use the compostable plastic bags, ours doesn't have the industrial process to handle them (the green liners) - so we do the cheap and easy alternative; wipe the inside with a dab of Carnauba Wax (it's plastic friendly and non toxic) to make the inside slippery non stick surface that rinses right off. EASY to USE, CLEAN and STORE... Quality! well constructed and sooo easy to lift on or off the mounting bracket. Very trustworthy lid stays open when desired. We took the lid off for convenience because it's under the sink anyway and will re-install in warmer weather to prevent insect buffets. -- While we scrutinized all products that are in the 2 gallon range, it came down to this or it's identical big brother the Sure Close, (the only difference is that the > Sure Close is 1/2 inch bigger < . Both are mountable (same bracket) and of the same high quality. The mounting bracket took my wife literally 2 minutes to install and the bucket was hung and ready to go. We chose the Zero Waste due to it's slightly smaller size, it's been just right for the two of us.

Product worked great, little / no odor. My daughter dropped it into the compost bin and the plastic cracked. I love that it is concealed behind the cabinet and it is easy to get on and off. Just the right size.

My teenage daughter was giving me grief about not composting, and I was an easy mark because I already felt guilty about it. But my new house has very little kitchen counter space, and I didn't fancy having a big canister taking up what little spare room I had (I needed a bin with a fair volume because I'm mostly vegetarian so generate a lot of compostable scraps...didn't want to be dumping this thing once a day). I was concerned that the scraps would smell a bit and so I didn't want them right on the counter where I prepare and eat food (or become, as my friend's wife complains, a fruit fly brothel). And most of the ones I saw had a removable lid, so you'd have to use two hands to open, then put the lid somewhere, scrape, then put the lid back on. Finally I just sat down to look at all the offerings available online and decided this looked like the best option. It's been two months now and I've been SUPER pleased. I mounted it to the inside of the cabinet door under my sink and didn't have to give up any storage under there to fit it in. Lost no space on my counter. NEVER smell it except once when I left some juicy stuff in there for over a week. Even if it did get a bit ripe, it's inside a cabinet below the sink, so it'd be contained. I probably fill this thing up once or twice a week, then run it out to the compost pile, dump, give it a rinse and then a quick wipe out with a soapy sponge, and done. The lid's easy to open with one hand, and stays up until you close it. The handle works well. The door on my cupboard is a little thin, so to keep the bracket's mounting screws from coming through the door, I threw a few washers on each screw to act as spacers. In short, VERY pleased and would highly recommend.

We are a household of six and I only have to empty the bin once a week to a week and half. My other compost bins I would use ( large glass pickle jars or gallon size plastic jars) would have a horrific smell upon opening and still have a lingering smell after washing. This bin doesn’t have that issue. I believe the aerated lid helps with that. You are not going to smell anything coming from this bin. Even when you open the lid the smell is very minimal. The compost slides out easily and I clean it with hot, soapy water and a wee bit of bleach. Then I let the bin air dry with the lid open. The lid will hold up on its own which is extremely helpful while preparing food that has vegetables, fruit, eggshells, coffee grinds, etc. We have had the bin for about a month or so. The bin also has a feature where you can attach it to a cabinet door. I do not use this feature, but I may in the future after kitchen renovations have allowed space for that function.

Seriously, I don't want to go over the top here, but I love it when something that could have been sort of "meh" surprises me by being so well thought-through and high quality. It would be easy to make a so-so piece of plastic here. That's not what these folks did. Every feature is cleverly considered. It is the easiest to clean, mount, open with one hand while holding a plate in the other, keep the lid open while filling or emptying, adjust, and use compost container I have ever encountered, and I've used lots of them. Zero odor, zero mess. Again, I know it sounds a bit silly to be so enthusiastic over a small consumer product like this, but the designers really outdid themselves and should enjoy a crisp high-five for a job well done. Highly recommended.

This bin ended up being too large to mount behind any of my kitchen cabinet doors due to the width and depth relative to the swing of the door. I ended up mounting it behind my basement door, which was a reasonable compromise. Mounting was relatively easy, but it's also easy to knock the bin off the mount, which would be less of a problem were I able to fit it in a cabinet in the first place. Also, the bin is not as easy to clean as I'd like. There are tight corners and the inside surface isn't continuously smooth so stuff can stick in those areas, requiring a bit more elbow grease to clean. I haven't tried it in the dishwasher as it's big and awkward for that. My biggest complaint is that the Micro-Perforated lid does not seal out fruit flies as described. While that has encouraged me to dump the contents into my backyard bin more frequently, I was hoping this wouldn't be an issue.

Yes it is! This thing is just perfectly designed. Mounts easily under sink, compact enough to sit on counter, fits in my bike basket and has a handle for when I run it to the compost station. Has ledges to grip it in all the right places, like when emptying the bin. It's summertime (bug season) and so far no bugs inside. One thing I didn't expect (being an amateur) was that the food waste would start to smell after a few days if I had lots of wet/moist things inside. So I started putting "wet compost" in a container in the fridge and more "dry compost" in this bin, and then just combining them one per week when I take it to the compost station down the street. This has been working perfectly and I don't get any odors now and only empty it once per week. Very happy with this product.