Ever since I moved from apartment space to a single family home, I have been composting religiously. The garbage disposer is only used for food debris that gets into the sink and is run once or twice a week to make certain the system is flushed clean.
In the kitchen I have been placing vegetable, fruit, coffee, tea and egg shell waste in the compost pail. The one that I am currently using and providing the links for is from http://www.gardeners.com/ . FYI: I have also noticed the same style ceramic compost pail with handle for sale at HomeGoods or their sister stores TJMaxx and Marshalls for half the price.
If you prefer a compost pail that can sit on your countertop, next to the sink and you want to empty it at a minimum every other day. This might be the solution for you.
Personally, I preferred the restaurant sized, 2 quart, plastic tub with cover that once held sour cream served at a company open house function. It was a restaurant supply sized container that has since been disposed of as I was thinking that this nice ceramic container was a bag of chips and a whole lot more.
It was not pretty and was kept under the sink. But, it better served the purpose, as I never had issues with mold growing on the contents; fruit flies; worries about chipping or breaking the container or having to really reach in to dig in and clean the interior ridge like the one in the countertop ceramic container.
Back when I received the newspaper delivery on Sunday, I would re-use the plastic bag that protected the paper as a disposable liner for the modest plastic tub or a produce plastic bag could easily be pulled over the sides and the plastic top would still seal tightly and come off easily.
Sometime in the near future, I am going to end up buying that big tub of whatever is for sale at the grocery store just to have the plastic container to use for composting. Either that or inquire at a local restaurant as to if they have an empty plastic tub that they would part with.
One of those instances where function takes precedence over beauty and style.
