The best countertop composters help keep food scraps out of landfills with convenient, low-mess designs that minimize odors. See our top picks for 2026.

Things that sell out within minutes: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift tickets. Telfar bags. “Barbie” showings. And countertop composting devices that turn your food waste into fertilizer. Or, at least, one ...

To help you choose the best option for your composting needs, we tested leading models over 2 weeks. Our top pick is the Vego Kitchen Composter for its multi-mode options, sleek design, ease of use, ...

Vitamix may be best known for its blenders, but the company continues to innovate when it comes to food recycling. This spring, Vitamix debuted its third-generation FoodCycler machine, the FoodCycler ...

Thanksgiving is a joyous time of year to celebrate our abundance. Unfortunately, much of it goes out with the trash after the gathering. “Two hundred million pounds of turkey thrown out, alongside ...

Ads for the Lomi composter by Pela, a sustainability-focused Certified B Corporation best known for its compostable cell phone cases, have graced my social media feed more than once. It’s no surprise.

In the course of a week, my kitchen produces a shocking quantity of what we might think of as edible trash: apple peels, garlic nubs, a bit of gristle from a steak, Dorito dust, tea bags, the ...

Are you intimidated to start composting at home? If you answered yes, consider this: Even if you don’t compost, you’re already dealing with food waste. By not composting, you're just putting your food ...

WE’RE TRYING TO STOP THE FOOD WASTE FROM GOING FROM GOING TO WASTE. WE’RE DISTRIBUTING IT, THEN WE’RE TURNING IT INTO SOIL. WE’RE LITERALLY CLOSE THE LOOP ON FOOD WASTE FOR MY CITY’S WAREHOUSE IN ...