Modern Compost Bin

WorldObject

A plastic garbage bin.

Notes

The Modern Compost Bin is a placed storage container used to convert organic waste into compost, a key resource for maintaining soil fertility and supporting agriculture. It accepts a variety of plant and food materials, then processes them over time to create usable compost. For best results, keep the bin regularly stocked with diverse organic inputs and place it away from residential areas where its odors might affect housing value.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Copper Hydroxide	4	item
Plastic	12	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Plastic Scrap	0.96
Copper Scrap	0.03

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	320 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Modern Compost Bin / hour (base)

As a placed object

Recycling & waste

• 4× Plastic Scrap
• 0.4× Copper Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 16.88× Iron Ore
• 1.67× Copper Ore
• 0.28× Clay

Categories

• Product
• Storage Container
• Usable
• World Object

Obtained from

• Modern Compost Bin

See also

Ashlar Basalt FireplaceAshlar Gneiss FireplaceAshlar Granite FireplaceAshlar Limestone FireplaceAshlar Sandstone FireplaceAshlar Shale Fireplace

Nature's quiet alchemy: yesterday's scraps rot down into rich, dark soil within this plain plastic shell.