Once the domain of organic communes and college town vegan restaurants, composting has become an increasingly normal part of municipal life in the US. More cities are adopting mandatory composting—including New York City in 2025—and interest in composting at home has grown alongside. If you, like many of us staffers at BA, live in an area where composting is required, you’ve probably had to pick up some new habits in the kitchen when it comes to food scraps. Yes, there are many ways to make your own compost at home, like with a techy food cycler or a bokashi compost system , but if you have no use for finished compost or no space for a compost pile, you’re better off just dumping your fruit and veggie scraps in the city-provided bin. For that, you’ll need a designated receptacle for food waste separate from your trash bin and recycling. This is where countertop compost caddies come into play. These convenient compact containers serve as the in-between step before scraps make it outside.…