--- description: Find out why Mill Food Recycler is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: Mill Food Recycler: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1a1b271be8e6f9/698a8a12c9e94170f612294c/Mill-Food-Recycler-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # A Better Way To Compost by [Jared Lindzon](/author/jared-lindzon/) ## Jared Lindzon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jared Lindzon is the co-author of "Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek"  Americans discard some 60 million tons of food annually, and only about 10% of U.S. households have access to compost collection. To help people dispose of food waste more sustainably, Mill Industries last year launched a kitchen appliance that uses a dual-grinding system—powerful enough to break down avocado pits—to turn food scraps into dry grounds overnight. The newly upgraded machine looks like a sleek trash can, works quietly, and features charcoal filters so no smell escapes. “When you wake up in the morning, your scraps will look like coffee grounds and smell like dried spices,” says co-founder Harry Tannenbaum. Use the grounds to fertilize your home garden or, for an extra fee, Mill will pick them up for you. **Buy Now:** Mill Food Recycler on [Mill](https://fave.co/4fhQXo4 "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/"},"headline":"Mill Food Recycler: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:01:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:28.617Z","description":"Find out why Mill Food Recycler is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1a1b271be8e6f9/698a8a12c9e94170f612294c/Mill-Food-Recycler-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Lindzon","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jared-lindzon/"}],"creator":"Jared Lindzon","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1a1b271be8e6f9/698a8a12c9e94170f612294c/Mill-Food-Recycler-best-inventions.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/","name":"Mill Food Recycler: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"241017 Best Inventions For The Home","description":"Light Bio's Firefly Petunia, the Graphene Square Cordless Transparent Cooker, the Nugget Chunk, and the Mill Food Recycler are among TIME's best inventions for the home.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5inCN7oR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-10-29T19:07:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5inCN7oR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/","duration":"PT2M14S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094667/mill-food-recycler/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```