DYI Composting Tumbler

Hardware: find it used (side street, craigslist or ReUse Hawaii)

  • 55-gallons plastic container (Donation – it was considered as waste!!)
  • plastic pipe cut in 2 (found in the back of the house)
  • pieces of wood, handles, screws and bolts, pipe or curtain bar (ReUse Hawaii)
  • Tools: circular saw, drill, … Remember you don’t need to buy tools just go to the Honolulu Tool Library!
  • Compost is a mix of 1/3 of food scraps with 2/3 of carbon. For the carbon, I use cardboard boxes or office papers that I shredded with a used shredder found at ReUse Hawaii. Other carbon are dried leafs from your yards.
Re-purposing 55-gallon container into composting tumbler.
Tumblers are transportable, re-purposing plastic waste, reducing eventual odors and rodent attacks, therefore perfect solution to compost in small yard area even in town.
Low budget solution using old wood, old plastic pipe, old handles, and cheap screws and bolts either free or bought at ReUse Hawaii.
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