Excellent kitchen compostables container.

[hippywife]

My husband drinks lots of coffee and I've been using 4 of the empty plastic coffee containers on my counter to put my kitchen compostables in as I cook. The other day, I was in a discount store and saw this wastebasket and really liked it. It was the perfect size for a paper gorcery sack, which is what we use instead of plastic garbage bags. When I got it home, it wasn't square inside, but had a deep, plastic pail with handles. I decided to use it for my compostables instead of the coffee containers. It's great and now I also have more counterspace. I can use it when my hands are full and the pail lifts out, it just needs to be emptied on the compost pile and rinsed.

http://kitchenamerican.com/storage-510136-B000XLZNNU-Oggi_Stainless_Steel_Step_On_Trash_Can_20_Liter

[midnight armadillo]

1. what about odor?

There're several composting-specific containers like this on the market that typically have a charcoal element to absorb odors.

[hippywife]

2. I suppose that could be a concern but

we fill one pretty quickly so it's not in the house long. We were filling the four coffee containers inside of a week. Also I would imagine one could stick something on the inside of the lid to mitigate any odor.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. You could probably stick the charcoal filters on the lid with packing tape.

I have a bin with a charcoal filter in the lid and I can usually get away with changing it once every six months because we fill and empty the bin pretty quickly. Catalogs have various types for sale (gardeners.com being one of many.)

It is much easier than any countertop can solution for us too.