Peeked inside a hotel lobby compost setup and had to share

Stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last week and noticed they had a fancy electric composter in their breakfast area. It was a Lomi model, and they let me check out the end result - dry, crumbly dirt with zero smell. Has anyone tried one of those electric ones vs a regular bin in a small apartment?

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emerycarr10h ago

Stayed at a Marriott once where the compost bin was just a bucket under the counter... they let me peek and it smelled like old gym socks mixed with coffee grounds. The Lomi sounds way better for a small place, but I'd probably end up trying to compost my leftover pizza and short-circuiting the thing.

david73910h ago

That "old gym socks mixed with coffee grounds" line got me. Reminds me of my buddy's failed Bokashi bin. He left it too long and it basically turned into a science experiment. But here's the thing nobody talks about, @emerycarr - Lomi and those electric composters actually make microplastics. The grinding gears wear down over time and shed particles right into your compost. So you end up fertilizing your plants with tiny bits of plastic. Not great for a veggie garden. I'd rather deal with the stinky bucket than eat that stuff.