"Dave Baker" wrote in message
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Trying to make compost in a sealed plastic bin seems utterly pointless to
me which is why I can't understand the local council selling them so
feverishly.

I disagree - they do work - well. But you just have to spear the contents
and move it around a little every now and again to aerate. Fortunately, I
broke the end off of a hoe a couple of years back. So that is my convenient
spear. I also throw a watering can full of water in there every month or so,
to make sure everything is nice and wet.

I guess the main reason for the black composter's popularity is aesthetics
and space consideration.

JW