Kitchen Composters

Sharp has announced a pair of kitchen composters, the NP-40CX-S and the NP-20CX-S, both of which use a special microbe blend to reduce the volume of organic waste by up to 92% in just 24 hours. There's not much difference between the two units beyond capacity (and wheels, I guess), and Sharp claims that the "Composting Bio Mix" will only have need to be replaced about twice a year.

I don't know if Sharp plans to release these units outside of Japan, but I would love to play around with one if they do. It would be especially nifty if you could use the rendered waste as mulch or something like that. Until then, I guess we'll just have to do it the New York way - letting our plants die and then buying some more.

Read - Press Release [Sharp-World via Gizmodo.]