I spent this morning recycling old pallets into a modular compost bin. The pallets I got for free by just asking at a local freighting company. They directed me to a huge pile of old pallets out the back and said "help yourself!". Some of them were broken but many were fine, almost new even. I don't know why they throw them out instead of repairing and reusing, but their loss is my gain.
The photo shows the first two completed 'modules'. The idea is you start with one, and as the compost mounts up you just add more layers. There are two boards per layer, so each module adds about 10 inches to the height of the bin. I plan to make six more of these giving me two bins (to cycle) with four modules in each.
I even recycled the nails, straightening them out one by one and reusing them :)
2:22:23 PM 
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