Currently we have the one size, but your feedback is gold! Many of our customers find they can downsize their trash and recycling bins and keep them under the sink making room for their Mill but we really appreciate your question 💚 and one day hope to have Mills of all shapes and sizes to fit every kitchen.
Food recycling devices—like Mill—have entered the home market over the past several years. Although the specific processes (times, temperatures, moisture content, modes, etc.) vary from appliance to appliance, all of these devices can be considered food scrap preprocessors. Some are designed as dehydrators, since they dry and grind the scraps added to them. Some of these appliances are marketed as “electric kitchen composters”—while these do not fully dehydrate the food, they also do not compost it. All use an outside heating source during their processing.
It’s important to note that none of these devices make compost on their own. It’s greenwashing to say otherwise.
While the outputs from these devices is similar, the experience is vastly different. Mill is a sleek floor-standing, hands-free kitchen appliance, with a much larger capacity so you can keep filling it for weeks. It also has a much more powerful motor so you can add almost anything (including bones and pits), and runs automatically with intelligent cycles so you never have to even think about it. With a 5-lb charcoal filter that lasts for about a year, you never have to worry about bad smells ever again. It also comes with a sensitive measurement system so you can track your environmental impact—right from your app. With Mill, you also get access to optional Pickups, the easiest way to get your grounds back to a farm if you don’t have a use for them at home or a curbside bin. Net net: Mill is much more than an appliance. It’s a connected experience that makes it incredibly easy, and delightful, to keep your kitchen, and our planet, clean.
Great Q! If you’re composting at home, Mill makes it easier. Here’s how: dried grounds compost faster than food scraps, they’re shelf stable so you can manage them more easily through seasonal weather changes and you don’t have to deal with any stinkiness or mess in the kitchen ever again. Because of the processing time and temperature reached in Mill, you can also add meat and dairy. If you’re curious to learn about how to use your grounds at home, check out mill.com/garden-guides
And yes, Mill uses energy. We designed Mill to dry and grind food scraps as efficiently as possible using integrated sensors and machine learning algorithms to minimize the energy required to transform your food scraps into dry grounds. The cycle length will depend on what you’ve added but we estimate a typical Mill will use around 0.7 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity per day, averaged over multiple weeks of usage. Customers can also track their Mill's energy usage in the Impact tab of their Mill app. You can read more about energy usage here https://www.mill.com/blog/energy-usage
Great question! The dry grounds that comes out of Mill are still food, just with the water removed. If composting your grounds at home, you'll be less likely to attract wildlife than if you spread them over your lawn or mix them with soil. You can learn more here: https://www.mill.com/blog/homeowner-guidance-food-grounds
This was such a great live chat today, I love your enthusiasm for this topic!
I get really into all the things I’m into (if that makes sense!). I think you could sense my passion! Thanks for watching 🙏🏽❤️
Is there a smaller size ? Counter top size ?
Currently we have the one size, but your feedback is gold! Many of our customers find they can downsize their trash and recycling bins and keep them under the sink making room for their Mill but we really appreciate your question 💚 and one day hope to have Mills of all shapes and sizes to fit every kitchen.
That’s exciting to hear!
Ok starting to do the research... How do you differ from the Minix Food Waste Disposer ?
Food recycling devices—like Mill—have entered the home market over the past several years. Although the specific processes (times, temperatures, moisture content, modes, etc.) vary from appliance to appliance, all of these devices can be considered food scrap preprocessors. Some are designed as dehydrators, since they dry and grind the scraps added to them. Some of these appliances are marketed as “electric kitchen composters”—while these do not fully dehydrate the food, they also do not compost it. All use an outside heating source during their processing.
It’s important to note that none of these devices make compost on their own. It’s greenwashing to say otherwise.
While the outputs from these devices is similar, the experience is vastly different. Mill is a sleek floor-standing, hands-free kitchen appliance, with a much larger capacity so you can keep filling it for weeks. It also has a much more powerful motor so you can add almost anything (including bones and pits), and runs automatically with intelligent cycles so you never have to even think about it. With a 5-lb charcoal filter that lasts for about a year, you never have to worry about bad smells ever again. It also comes with a sensitive measurement system so you can track your environmental impact—right from your app. With Mill, you also get access to optional Pickups, the easiest way to get your grounds back to a farm if you don’t have a use for them at home or a curbside bin. Net net: Mill is much more than an appliance. It’s a connected experience that makes it incredibly easy, and delightful, to keep your kitchen, and our planet, clean.
I've had my Mill for 2 years now and love it!
Wow, that makes us so happy to hear! Thank you for being an early supporter and on this journey together to keep food out of landfills.
That’s wonderful Joy! Great to hear you’re still enjoying it after 2 years.
Is it better than composting and then using in our garden? Does Mill use energy?
Great Q! If you’re composting at home, Mill makes it easier. Here’s how: dried grounds compost faster than food scraps, they’re shelf stable so you can manage them more easily through seasonal weather changes and you don’t have to deal with any stinkiness or mess in the kitchen ever again. Because of the processing time and temperature reached in Mill, you can also add meat and dairy. If you’re curious to learn about how to use your grounds at home, check out mill.com/garden-guides
And yes, Mill uses energy. We designed Mill to dry and grind food scraps as efficiently as possible using integrated sensors and machine learning algorithms to minimize the energy required to transform your food scraps into dry grounds. The cycle length will depend on what you’ve added but we estimate a typical Mill will use around 0.7 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity per day, averaged over multiple weeks of usage. Customers can also track their Mill's energy usage in the Impact tab of their Mill app. You can read more about energy usage here https://www.mill.com/blog/energy-usage
If we empty our food mill product into our woods, will it attract wild animals or rodents?
Great question! The dry grounds that comes out of Mill are still food, just with the water removed. If composting your grounds at home, you'll be less likely to attract wildlife than if you spread them over your lawn or mix them with soil. You can learn more here: https://www.mill.com/blog/homeowner-guidance-food-grounds