Compact Food Recyclers

The Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 helps to reduce food waste at home in a way that's odorless and compact enough to sit on the countertop. The food recycler only takes up a single cubic foot of space and needs access to one power outlet, so that the carbon filter lid can tackle food scrap odors.

With this countertop system, environmentally minded consumers will find that they can turn everything from fruit cores and chicken bones to fertilizer. As Vitamix describes, the "FoodCycler breaks down food waste into a tenth of its original volume and creates a nutrient-rich fertilizer you can add to your soil."

At a time when people are cooking more at home and starting or expanding their home gardens, this system has the potential to make the most of ordinary food waste.

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