Can I compost in just one step, rather than moving the material from primary to secondary bins?
Moving compost from primary to secondary bins provides mixing, adds oxygen, and allows the compost to “finish off” with a high degree of breakdown. The success of the primary/secondary approach has been demonstrated in many other areas of composting, as well as swine. Some producers have reported acceptable results with single-step composting, but total composting time may be longer than that required for primary/secondary composting. Also, bin volume requirements are not reduced by single-step composting.
