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Old 03-02-2008, 07:38 PM
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I'm thinking about buying a green cone to deal with our cooked kitchen waste. Has anyone here had any experience with them?

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Old 03-02-2008, 07:41 PM
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Haven't used a green cone, as I use bokashi. But I think if you're after a green cone check out the recycle now website.
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Old 03-02-2008, 09:18 PM
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I had a Green Cone in Brighton. It took meat, fish etc that normal composters don't, so was good for that.
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you have to bury half of it in the ground - I was digging on stones with a hand trowel (!); you don't really get compost as such...most of the waste just turns liquid and drains away into the soil.
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Like Lainey Lou I use bokashi. Plumped for that as it's stored in the kitchen so I don't have to go out in the cold and wet with my waste and the thought of the big hole I'd need to dig put me off, especially as I'm short of space as it is!
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