With a Bokashi Kitchen Composter you can recycle all your kitchen scraps including meat, fish and dairy products with no smells and no flies.
Here we take a look at the best Bokashi Composters available:
Hozelock Bokashi Composter Kit
Our Rating: 4/5
- RRP: £64.55
- Kit includes 1 x Bokashi bin, 1kg Bokashi bran & a drain cup/Bokashi scoop
- Dimensions: 33.5cm wide x 27.5cm deep x 39cm high
- Weight: 2000 grams
- Capacity: 16 litres
- Made from partially recycled plastic
We like:
Hozelock’s bokashi bucket is well made and sturdy. If you’re serious about reducing your food waste you may be happy to spend a bit more to get a better quality product. It’s an easy to use system – just add a small amount of bokashi bran in between layers of food waste. The rubberised lid provides a good airtight seal and keeps any odors firmly locked inside.
The tap at the base of the composter bucket works well and you’ll be able to start draining off liquid plant feed after a week to 10 days.
The kit comes with a 1kg starter supply of bokashi bran which is enough for 2 to 3 cycles.
We’re not so keen on:
Once the bin is full, you need to leave it for 2 weeks to ferment. So, you may be wondering what to do with your food waste once your bokashi bin is full. The answer is, unless you’re going to leave it for the council to collect, you need a second bin. Then as your compost is busy fermenting in the first bin, you can be filling the second. But at £59.99, buying 2 of these is quite an investment, so you may be better off opting for the twin kit above.
The bucket, although made from durable plastic, isn’t frost resistant, so you have to keep it indoors. We keep ours under the sink in the kitchen.
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Organico Bokashi Composter Kit – Twin Pack
Our Rating: 4/5
- RRP: £59.99
- Kit includes 2 x Bokashi bins, Bokashi bran & a drain cup/Bokashi scoop
- Dimensions: 32cm wide x 25cm deep x 37cm high
- Weight: 1200 grams
- Capacity: 15 litres
- Made from partially recycled plastic
We like:
Organico make the best selling bokashi compost bins in the UK. The reason is their product is simple, it works and it’s well priced. Except for the tap, the drainage system is very effective with an inner drain tray and sloping base that does a good job of channelling off any excess bokashi juice. It’s an easy to clean and effective bokashi system.
We’re not so keen on:
The drainage tap can be easily overtightened so the bokashi bin can leak. We solved the problem by replacing the soft silicone washers with decent rubber ones (available from any hardware store). And, the plastic carrying handle could be sturdier.