Designed and manufactured in New Zealand, the Hungry Bin is a fast and convenient way to compost your food scraps. The innovative design is highly efficient and can process up to 2.0 kgs (4.4 lbs) of waste per day.
The Hungry Bin creates an ideal living environment for compost worms. The worms quickly convert organic waste into castings and a nutrient-rich liquid, which are both high-quality natural fertilizers.
The patented tapered shape of the body compresses the castings, encouraging the worms to move to the surface layer to access fresh food. It is a simple process to collect both the castings and liquid produced by the Hungry Bin.
Worms and bedding are required for the Hungry Bin. Bedding can be purchased at your local garden supply store.
How To Use
Getting Started
- Fill the bin ¾ full with moist bedding material
- Start with at least 500gm of live worms
- Add finely chopped food scraps
- Cover with hessian sack or damp newspaper
Bedding material is needed to settle the worms into their new home. Compost, humus, soil, potting mix or coconut fibre can all be used to bed the compost worms into the bin. Take care to ensure that the bedding material you use to start the bin is free draining.
Place the bedding material directly into the bottom of the bin. It is best to fill the bin ¾ full with the bedding material. Two × 40 litre bags (80 litres) of commercially available compost mix or potting mix is an ideal amount of bedding material.
Moisten the bedding material with some water, but don’t saturate it. The bedding should be as wet as a wrung-out sponge. Add the worms to the top of the bedding material and cover with approximately 2.5cm (1in) of food scraps (preferably finely chopped). The amount of food you add each day will depend on your starting worm population.
Specification
Dimensions: 23.6″ x 25.6″ x 37.4″
