NYC's New Rules Forced Me to Find a Chic Compost Bin — Here's 7 Options Significantly Cheaper Than the $300 Fine

Simplehuman Compost Caddy pictured against a grey checkered background.

Several weeks ago, I came home to find ominous-looking notices pasted to every apartment door. Had someone in the building committed a grievous wrong? Was management furious? Was there construction coming? But as I climbed the stairs, I saw it wasn’t just the neighbors — I had one too.

COMPOST IS NOW MANDATORY IN NYC, it read — or else.