B is for Bokashi bins

Why we love our bokashi bin (we named her Ashley... the bokashly)

For the first time since starting down a path towards low waste I can finally say that zero waste is a real possibility for our household. We don’t tend generate a lot of food waste that can’t be composted, but we do end up with some cooked left overs, or things like the crusts off our daughter’s toast that can’t go in the compost bin. We’ve also struggling with having a naked bin - as some of the bits of left over food waste were, well a bit sloppy.
Not any more! Last month we bought a bokashi bin from Bulleen Art and Garden. It’s been a great investment for our household. We are now down to about half a bag of rubbish each week, we get even more free fertiliser for the veggies and in the last month we’ve not had to wash out rubbish bucket - yay for naked bins!
While I know a few people who haven’t found the Bokashi Bin system to their liking, we find it really easy to use. It has an unusual but not unpleasant smell when we open the bucket, but as it sits in our laundry it’s really not an issue. We opted for two bins, so that when one is full we can leave it to ferment a bit longer while we fill the second bucket. Importantly this also gives us more flexibility as to when we choose to dig a trench in the garden and empty the bucket. Apparently after a few weeks you can add the contents into a household compost system rather than bury it. We’ve not tried this (yet).