Exaco ECO 2000-NP Kitchen Compost Pail, 2.4 Gallon, Green

I never realized the amount of compostable items we throw away, until we started a compost. We questioned every item. I also realized that, I did not care for our family using my plastic food containers for the storage container. So, to Amazon I went looking! I found this and it works great. It is not too big for the food to sit there long enough to start composting itself and not too small that we have to empty it every day (although I might just for fun). It works great, I bought extra filters that I will replace every 1-2 months. and it is easy to clean.

Love it!

Works well for my purposes, smaller than l thought but ok

Great, works well. No odor when the lid is closed. Perfect for the kitchen

The container is nice HOWEVER, if you should happen to have fruit flies etc they may accidentally get into the scraps in the container thus laying eggs, they hatch in the MANY numbers and take over in the container.I do twist the bags I use in the container but somehow this still happens. (I find this happens mor often in the warm weather) Perhaps a way around this would be to keep the big container in the fridge? I find in the warm weather I have to get rid of the small bag in the container more often. Otherwise it is a nice container, plenty big and leak proof. Probably better for me in the cooler weather. Good price, easy to clean. No smell. Made of sturdy material.

The lid broke (I was never gentle with it) after about ten years and I bought another. I think it says a lot if you aren't mad at a product when it fails because you think it worked well. It is very hard to clean and gets really gross if you don't constantly empty it and it sits a while, so I am planning to wash this one more thoroughly and more often. The vent attachment does fall off occasionally and I have had to dig through my compost bin a few times looking for it. I replace the mesh occasionally with mesh I have for other things, definitely not every three months. I never smell the thing. The mesh is what keeps the bugs out, which is what I really care about. It fills up fast, but it's better than a gallon or going to the bin every time I prepare a vegetable. It's very sturdy, but it did eventually break at the hinge. It's expensive for a plastic bucket, but it makes composting easier.

Mine arrived in a box that was in perfect shape.Upon opening the box, I noticed the top of lid was very scuffed up because these are loose in a larger box.I found a clip that is used to secure the handles in place, was loose in the box. The clips for each side are supposed to wedge in tightly and stay in place, but, both of these wedges/clips on mine are way too loose to stay in place. They'll drop out and get lost, no doubt about it.Last and worst issue, the lid is warped and does not stay flat. There's a small 1/16" gap around both side of the lid which makes the seal and charcoal filter on top useless.Why have an vented top at all if the point is to contain the smells of decomposing waste in this???Had high hopes that for over $25, I'd get something decent to replace the similar unvented one we have had for over 10 years. This was not it! Not even close.I suggest to look for another type (metal!!!) that will offer better quality and material control then this design made of thin plastic.

This little bucket is a good one. I have it on my kitchen counter.It comes a charcoal filter that does a good job of masking smell and no fruit flies!You might want to order extra filters when needed.