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Large garden, small garden or no garden, the YOLO Compost Tumbler is an odour-free and efficient way

Our YOLO Compost Tumbler is a convenient method to compost organic waste from the kitchen and garden. As a closed-bin system, compost tumbling matures compost faster than compost heaps and has the advantage of being rat, dog, monkey and pest proof. Our YOLO Compost Tumblers take little space, are odour-free, and they are suitable for homes with large gardens, small gardens or no garden.

16/10/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #6 Harvesting your compost

Extracting mature compost from the bottom of a heap or through the door of a static bin requires effort.

With your YOLO Compost Tumbler, emptying the contents is child's play. If your unit is wall-mounted or raised, park a wheel barrow below, open the lid and turn the drum to empty the contents into the barrow. If your unit stands on the floor, like mine, place a tarp underneath to catch the contents that you can drag to where they'll be used. Or, do as I do by setting the wide opening at an angle to shovel material into a bag for later use.

12/10/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #5 Effort & accessibility

Getting into a static bin to turn the contents is challenging, if not near impossible, and turning a heap can be back-breaking work.

The drums of your YOLO Compost Tumbler are easy to turn using the handholds to turn the drum towards you. The internal fins are designed to tumble the contents, thoroughly mixing fresh material into the existing contents. Three or four turns is all it takes.

05/10/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #4 Speed of composting
It can take a year or two to get finished compost from a static bin or compost heap.

Turning the drum a couple of times a week mixes and aerates the contents, which accelerated decomposition. With a YOLO Compost Tumbler, you're emptying a drum of completed, nutrient-rich compost every two months. Use this compost to enrich flower beds, fruit trees, raised beds and pot plants throughout the year. Too much compost for your needs? Gift it to friends and community gardening projects.

28/09/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #3 Getting an even mix

Carbon and nitrogen. These are the key elements in organic materials: nitrogen-rich cuttings and peelings from the kitchen, and carbon-rich dry materials like crushed, dry leaves, wood shavings and cardboard that also help to maintain the moisture balance of compost.

In an unturned heap or bin, materials do not mix.

By tumbling the contents of a YOLO Compost Tumbler, the materials are evenly mixed, distributing nutrients, moisture and air throughout the mix.

21/09/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #2 Oxygen & aeration

Composting is an aerobic process and for fresh air to be incorporated into the materials, they need to be turned and mixed.

In a static bin, materials are piled on top of each other. There is little to no airflow, and no mixing. The materials compact.

The action of turning the drums of the YOLO Compost Tumbler mixes the contents to aerate the materials, making oxygen available to the microorganisms that do the composting work.

17/09/2026

6 Reasons to tumble: #1 Turning the compost

Whether a static bin or compost heap, composting success is compromised when the pile is not turned. Turning a heap takes effort and space and should be done at least three to four times a year (every 1-2 months would be ideal).

With a YOLO Compost Tumbler, every time you turn the drum, the contents are turned and mixed. Little effort. Lots of convenience.

16/09/2026

We are pleased to see that some municipalities are offering static, plastic compost bins to households at no cost to encourage people to compost their organic waste from the kitchen and garden. Collectively, this has a big impact on reducing the amount of waste that households put out on trash day every week.

We fully support all composting activities from piles to bins, worms and bokashi, and acknowledge that there are pros and cons to every method from cost, to effort, accessibility and speed of composting.

For us personally, and the reason why we started YOLO Compost Tumbler almost 10 years ago, is that compost tumbling ticks our requirements for a convenient composting method that works.

Over the next posts, we'll look at our top 6 reasons to tumble.

10/09/2026

Receiving a photo from a YOLO customer of their first load of YOLO compost is, to us, like receiving a photo from a friend of a newborn baby.

Georgina's photo of her first load of compost from her YOLO Compost Tumbler gives us a warm and fuzzy feeling. We can smell that earthy scent and imagine running our hands through this nutrient-rich heap. Beautiful!

Georgina is a natural YOLO-er and her first load of compost is perfect. We wish her many, many years of delightful loads of YOLO compost and a bounty in her garden. 🌱

31/08/2026

I can't stop thinking about home composting and the positive impact that not sending kitchen scraps to landfill has...

This image from the US Environmental Protection Agency sums it up: organic materials in landfill sites do not compost, they rot in absence of oxygen, under piles of trash, and methane emissions result.

Home composting in your YOLO Compost Tumbler is a win for:

Drastic Methane Reduction: In a landfill, buried organic waste decomposes without oxygen (anaerobically). This unnatural breakdown produces methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Home composting introduces oxygen (aerobic breakdown), which completely avoids methane production.

Leachate Prevention: Organic matter has high water content. When it decomposes in a landfill, this liquid drains through the trash pile, mixing with chemical toxins to form a highly poisonous liquid called leachate. Leachate can seep through protective liners, contaminating nearby groundwater, soil, and aquatic ecosystems. Composting at home keeps this moisture out of the waste system entirely.

Odour Prevention: The anaerobic rotting of organic waste buried under tons of trash is the primary cause of the foul, lingering smells associated with landfills.

Something as simple as composting your kitchen peels and any garden materials makes a real difference especially if you do it, I do it and our neighbours, friends, community and town do it too. That's a significant impact, fast.

27/08/2026

As I add another over-filled two-litre tub of kitchen cuttings and peels to my YOLO Compost Tumbler, I'm thinking about this nutrient-rich compost that I will use to enrich the soil in my raised beds, and the volume of organic waste that I divert from landfill each year by composting. Home composting of just kitchen materials has significant and immediate impacts:

Massive waste diversion: Home composting instantly removes organic material like fruit peels, vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, leaves, and grass clippings from the local trash-collection stream, cutting your household's trash footprint.

Lower Transportation Footprint: Less household waste reduces the overall frequency, weight, and volume of material that garbage trucks must haul to dump sites. This leads to major reductions in fuel consumption and municipal trucking expenses.

Extended Landfill Lifespans: Landfills have limited physical space. Diverting nearly a third of domestic waste means existing cells take much longer to fill up, delaying the need to clear land for new landfill zones.

Most of all, it just feels good to turn cuttings and peelings into a valuable resource that can be used in my garden. It's the simple things that count.

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