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Nature Mill's Composter Turns Waste Into Fertilizer
By Terry Nestor - Published June 3rd 2008 - 18:24 in
The Nature Mill composter really looks like a great product that efficiently turns your organic waste into nutrient filled compost that can be used for a garden.
The Nature Mill works at any time, day or night, and can convert up to 120 pounds of waste into compost every month. Simply throw your organic waste - waste food, rotten vegetables or fruit, coffee grounds, etc. - into it and the Mill does the rest. The waste remains in the upper chamber in "hot composting" conditions that include mixing, air flow, heat and moisture. The energy released destroys odors and prevents seeds from germinating. The compost then drops into a lower chamber where the process continues. Bacteria cultures consume the waste quickly. Sawdust and baking soda are added to reduce odors and acidity. A carbon filter (needs to be replaced every 4-5 years and costs $8 online) removes any remaining odors.
Approximately every two weeks an indicator light will let you know the compost is ready. Empty the cure tray and, voila!, you have a high nitrogen content that can be used immediately for gardening or thrown into a pile outside to be used later. One batch of compost can be spread over soil like mulch and is sufficient for 10 - 40 square feet of lawn or garden.
The Nature Mill recycles its weight about every ten days. Over its lifetime it will keep about two tons of waste out of landfills which will reduce methane emissions. Additionally, the Mill returns nutrients to the ground, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers. It uses about 5 kWh/month or about 50 cents and is made from recycled and recyclable materials. The Nature Mill can be used indoors or outdoors and starts at $299.
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Do not, under any circumstances, buy the Nature Mill Indoor Composter!!!! I talked two friends into buying units with me to get the discount, and none of our units work properly. They’re flimsily made, and do not perform the way they’re supposed to. My unit broke after two weeks–it stopped mixing. My friend’s unit stopped emptying. My other friends unit stopped emptying. We contacted the company (email is your only option here–no phone help available). We waited over a month for replacement parts. Imagine cleaning compost slime and gook off of many parts in order to take everything apart and replace parts. Two weeks after I got my unit up and running again, it stopped emptying. The unit looks like a phase one prototype. Piece are flimsy and break easily. I ended up rigging up my own solutions (driving nails into the styrofoam backing to keep the motor and motor shaft from coming out) to problems that should have been remedied before they put this on the market. It is the worst purchasing mistake I’ve ever made. Run, don’t walk, from this composter!!!!!
I bought a NatureMill composter about a year and a half ago. It never worked as advertised in that the mixing bin (which was supposed to dump automatically) had to be manually dumped every time (an extremely messy procedure). Their tech support was no help with the problem, so we just had to live with it. Now, one of the side walls of the mixing chamber has delaminated and developed a large hole, rendering the $425 (with shipping) composter unusable. The company says that my 1 year warranty is expired and they have no interest in repairing or replacing the unit.
They have no concept of customer service and act like they are doing me a favor by offering me a nominal discount on a new machine. There is no way I would ever do business with this company again.