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Making the most of what we already have, stretching our dollars and making responsible choices for our environment, when we can, are ideals and qualities that all of us want to instill in our children and practice in our own homes. Full Circle is a company I have been recently introduced to that makes it a little easier for us to achieve some of our reduce, reuse and recycle goals for 2012. They’re on a mission to offer affordable tools to help out around our kitchens, and throughout our homes, that are functional, attractive and made from sustainable and renewable resources. The timing for me to review their Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector couldn’t be better, as I sit to sketch out and make plans for our family’s 2012 garden. I actually reviewed the Compost Collector and the Suds Up Dish Brush and I’m excited to share what I learned about both, as well as offer an opportunity for one Busy-at-Home reader to win one of each for their own kitchens! You’re going to love them!
The products I reviewed from Full Circle - Fresh Air Kitchen Composter and the Suds Up Dish Brush
We are about to have an AWESOME compost bin completed and set up in our back yard, near our garden, where it will get tons of use. I want to be very faithful about being sure we don’t just toss away any of our kitchen scraps, wasting what can become important ingredients in creating rich, nutritious soil to grow our food in, so I need some way of collecting them, for a time, instead of walking to the compost bin every time I peel a carrot or potatoes. The problem is, I don’t want my kitchen to smell like I’m collecting garbage and I don’t want to attract bugs. Until now, I hadn’t really seen anything that seemed like it would be effective. I have to tell you the the Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector is the answer to my problem. I didn’t expect it, at the onset of this review, but it will probably go down as one of my favorite new kitchen products of 2012! I have been testing it for about one month. It sits on my kitchen counter, next to the sink and no one notices it. Beautiful! I have yet to empty it, in that whole month’s time. There is no smell and nary a critter, flying or crawling about. 
To say I am pleased is an understatement.
This is how the composter looks inside before inserting the biodegradable collection bag.
In the month’s time I have been using it, I have continuously added new material to the top of what is already in the Collector. As it breaks down, the level lowers and there is room to add more to the top. There isn’t any “soil” in the bottom of the bin, because this system just doesn’t work that quickly, but it is breaking down our compostable food waste, right in the kitchen, with no smell, no mess and no bugs. I can easily transfer it to our larger compost bin, by removing the contents in their handy-dandy fully biodegredable bag and carrying it outside to the larger bin. I could do that every day or apparently once a month, whatever is most convenient. For our large family, with the heavy amounts of cooking that happen in our kitchen, it will likely be more often, so nothing nutritious for our soil is wasted, but I’m so glad I had the opportunity to really wait it out and see the results of allowing the Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector to sit long-term without being emptied.
I just lifted the ring, inserted the bag and clipped it down tight by snapping the ring back into place. Simple!
So, how does it work? The Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector is designed with a special ventilation system that allows the food to dry out as it breaks down. This slows the decomposition process, but it also makes it cleaner. Without the moisture found in pails or other compost collection bins for your kitchen, you eliminate a lot of the bacteria, mold and other decomposition processes that create that “garbage-y odor”. You also don’t attract bugs. Fantastic!
Both the compost collector and the dish brush sitting in a handy spot on the counter.
The Compost Collector was simple to set up. When it arrived, I pulled it out of the box and had it up and active on the counter in minutes. It comes with 5 biodegradable collection bags. All I had to do was lift the metal ring, stretch the bag over the top of the plastic top and snap the metal ring back into place. Very easy!
The Suds Up Dish Brush is very cool, too. It’s the first time I’ve had a dish brush that I can fill with soap, but actually stands up on the counter. No oozing or leaking soap mess! I love that! The stand-up handle is made from bamboo and the brush head can be removed and replaced rather than just throwing away the whole brush. Genius! Waste not, want not. The all natural, recycled bristles absorb soap and provide tough scrubbing action, so this is a very effective tool for stubborn pots and pans. It’s easy to dispense more soap with the handy push-button in the center of the brush handle.
You can order both these products and more at the Full Circle section at Alice.com or pick them up in local shops near you. Many Bed Bath and Beyond stores are carrying Full Circle products. To check and see what stores in your area carry them, click here. And one lucky Busy-at-Home reader will win their own kitchen compost collector and dish brush!
To enter the giveaway, visit Full Circle and see which of their products would be a good fit in your own home. Leave a comment below, telling me which is your favorite. Then hit the DO IT button, then Enter and unlock the other optional entries that can increase the number of times your name is in the random drawing. That’s it! Super simple!
I received a Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector and a Suds Up Dish Brush in order to test them in my own kitchen and conduct this review. No monetary compensation was recieved and a positive review was not required. The views and opinions expressed are wholly my own and based on my personal experience.
I like the Potato Brush w/ eye remover! Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the In The Buff Dish Towels!
I love the magnetic dish towels! Thanks for the giveaway! Also, thanks for the product review!
Love the In The Buff Dish Towels.
I love the potato brush with eye remover. That way I don’t have to waste so much of the potato and can brush away the dirt with one “tool”.
i like the Stick ‘em Magnet Kitchen Towel
I sure would love to own one of the Tater Mate brushes
I like the compostable waste bags
I’d love to try the In the Buff Dish Towels
My fav is the Fresh Air
Odor-free kitchen compost collector. Looks great!
I’d like to have the Stick 'em kitchen towels.
I like the grip pot scrubber.
GFC: arobinson45
Love their In The Buff Dish Towels! Gorgeous!
I really like the Pot Scrubber
I like the magnet kitchen towel
i want the In The Buff Dish Towels! i NEED them!
I love the look of the Tater Mate with brush and eye remover. That would be handy.
I like Grunge Buster Grout & Tile Brush
The tater-scrubber and the pot scrubber would be picks for me!
like to try the come clean solutions
love http://fullcirclehome.com/products.php?id=47&prod_num=16
thank you
johannammartinez2010@gmail.com
I like the In The Buff Dish Towels.
I could use a new glass brush.
nineteen19 at blackfoot dot net
I really like the Scrap Happy – Scrap Collector and Freezer Compost Bin. It’s very cool.
I think I would like the Come Clean
Natural Cleaning Solutions!
Tater Mate
Potato Brush w/ eye remover
love their ‘squeeze cellulose cloths’
annae07 at aol dot com
I also like the Come Clean Natural Cleaning Solutions.
The Edge
Microfiber Scrubby Cloth, is what I liked from the website and would love to use.
Would like to try their compostable waste bags.
I also like the tater mate.
b(dot)cardone(at)hotmail(dot)com
i like the magnet kitchen towels and the dish towels
I like the Magnet Kitchen Towel
I like the Grip pot scrubber.
I’d like to try the Full Circle Pot Scrubber.
Love the In The Buff Dish Towels.
I like the dish brush.
Carolwegs at gmail dot com
I would like the Flip – Loofah Sponge.
momsholidaycooking at gmail dot com
The Grip pot scrubber looks like a great item.
Love the Walnut scrubber sponges!
I like the in the buff dish towels
I love the potato brush with eye remover. Thank you for this awesome giveaway.
I would love to try the Scrap Happy
I would love to try the Scrap Happy.
Other than the Compost Collector, I would like to try the compostable waste bags.
Thanks!
Michelle W.
I love Odor-free kitchen compost collector. I’ve been composting 22 years and this sure beats my bucket!
i like the flip loofah sponge
I’d like to use the Grip Pot Scrubber
I have been looking for a kitchen composter so I would have to say the Fresh Air Kitchen Composter.
I’d want the Magnet Kitchen Towel!
The Fresh Air Kitchen Compost Collector would be my pick– an answer to how to compost in the middle of winter.
I could sure use that composter! Mine is so small I have to empty it every three days and it’s a gooey smelly mess!
A lot of really cool things like the walnut scrubbers but … I never knew you could do composting in the freezer!
i like the walnut scrubber sponges
nannypanpan at gmail.com
I’d like to get the tater mate.
The grip pot scrubber
Hoping to win this one – how cool is this? Favorite has to be the “Suds Up Dish Brush with a stand-up bamboo handle” Would love to have!
Thanks,
Debbie Barker
debbiebarker41@hotmail.com
would like to try their waste bags or garbage bags
I really like Microfiber Scrubby Cloths
Great way to reuse fruit peelings, food leftovers, and just about anything biodegradable! It will be cool to get one for my kitchen as well. We also have a compost bin out near the garden. It would sometimes give off a horrible stink. With that product I can cut the number of trips to the compost bin.
I love our garden, we help out the environment with it and get to grow our own food as well but there are just some steps that i wish i could skip every once and a while, like going to the ol’composte bin.