I mean I was finally able to afford a two bedroom house with a modest back yard after nearly ten years living in student housing (the last one of which was more expensive than affordable rental housing, but there's a 10-15 year waiting list for that) so I could probably go for it (don't really have the space or the need for compost though).

It made assumptions on using the compost (or disposing it), but no assumptions were made on backyards or outdoor spaces because those are not required for home composting. It can be done with just a little bit more space than what just one or two bins need, and especially with vertical stacking systems, this isn’t as big a problem.

Searching online for “How to compost at home” shows several such stacked systems that need minimal space.

I used to use mine in the garden, but these days I've a municipal waste service come and take my compostables away. Kind of felt at first like I was giving away my sweet valuable compost for free, but then I found out they give out free mulch in return so was happy enough with that, as was my wife :-)

My kitchen bin is of the slide-out cupboard type, and also suffers from that, despite being more of a shearing than a wafting action!

That's part of the problem really - after compost and recycling I'm left with very little waste, so anything that there is can sit there a while. I tend to empty it because it's been there a while rather than because it's full.

Edit: Activated charcoal works too! It can be found at pet stores.

Cookie Monster chewing cookies!!!!

ROBERt (Recycling-Of-Bottles Encouragement Robot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j02o4AaIu9w

Turns out a lot of humans will stick their arm inside just to see what happens!