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Old 02-08-2017, 01:47 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Hotbin composters - any fire risk

On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 13:10:57 +0100, alan_m
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On 02/08/2017 03:31, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

You might even find a local tall building being stripped of some.


Ouch!


The OP was concerned about the bin not catching fire!


Going from the state of my brothers that seems unlikely ,
the Hotbin as it comes is far more enclosed than than Daleks or a box
made from pallets and if you are putting in fairly moist things like
kitchen waste and leafy plants the top is a disgusting looking
steamy morass of things turning into a sort of soup which is why to
get reasonable compost you have to add the bulking agent , or in other
words some dry material like twigs or cardboard.

G.Harman