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Stainless steel and heavy-duty plastic work ... version of a food-prep garbage bowl. But in a happy coincidence, the bin arrived around the same time that curbside composting resumed in Queens ...

Truth be told, you can build a compost bin on the cheap from a stack of bricks or concrete blocks, a plastic garbage can, or used shipping pallets. Or you can spend a little or a lot on a compost ...