Pallet-based compost bin

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2008/08/14 @ 4:05 pm
Category Energy

Here’s what you need to know to make a quick, very serviceable compost bin out of four wooden shipping pallets.

BY Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture, including the first book about the web (Mosaic Quick Tour) and the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots. He is currently working on a best-of collection of his writing, called Borg Like Me.

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3 Responses to Pallet-based compost bin

Shawn on August 14th, 2008 at 4:50 pm said:

I made a few of these for a community garden years ago in Los Angeles. They didn’t work out to well. The problem was that they let the piles dry out way to quickly in our arid environment. I now use bins made out of solid wood planks like the ones shown on the Fine Gardening website [url]http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/how-to/articles/building-compost-bin.aspx?nterms=74866[/url]. Except I don’t have gaps between mine. Your experience might be different if you have a lot of wet kitchen waste. My friends seem to always have really wet compost. I bet these work great in wet climates.

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BigD145 on August 14th, 2008 at 5:28 pm said:

Looks like a good idea. People should get on this soon, for pallets are getting harder and harder to get for free.

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Thebes on August 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pm said:

The ones we make use four unaltered pallets held together at the corners with bailing wire. They work well, are very quick to make, and adapt to uneven terrain.

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