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cially available bokashi buckets are food-grade plastic and use recycled plastic in their construc-
tion. So while plastic isn't the best option in the realm of all things, it is currently the only option.
I strongly encourage anyone out there to create a commercially distributable, yet profitable and af-
fordable, non-plastic bokashi bucket. It would be awesome, and you would probably sell a lot, be-
cause I would buy it and a lot of others would as well.
Returningtotheworldofplastic,itispossibletomakeyourownusable,effectivebokashibuck-
et using common hardware store ingredients. There is one main thing you need to think about be-
fore you decide on a design: do you want to collect and use the bokashi tea? If yes, then you will
need to use a bucket design that allows you to easily do that. If not, then no worries, even easier. If
you are unsure, there is even a design to cover the in-betweeners.
The double-nested bucket
If you are not sure that you want to collect the bokashi tea over the long run, but you might want to
sometimes, then here is the bucket design for you: the double-nested bucket.
There isn't any hi-tech engineering going on here. It is just what it sounds like, a bucket inside
ofanotherbucket.Thisistheabsoluteeasiestsetupforanyonewhomaywanttocollectthebokashi
tea. All you need is an airtight lid and two five-gallon buckets. Take one of the buckets and drill a
bunch of holes in the bottom. Hole size and quantity doesn't matter; you just want them to be big
enough so they don't clog easily and allow for sufficient drainage; ¼” is probably your best bet.
Make sure the holes are evenly distributed around the bottom of the bucket. Again, there isn't any
serious engineering going on here, we are just drilling holes in a bucket. You can always add more
holes or drill them out bigger if needed, but you can't go the other way, so err on the side of fewer
smaller holes.
After all of the holes are drilled, all you have to do is put the bucket with holes inside the other
five-gallon bucket with no holes in it. The two buckets will nest together perfectly, leaving an air
gap at the bottom between the two buckets where the bokashi tea can collect. When you want to
harvest the bokashi tea, all you need to do is to remove the upper bucket and pour out the tea from
the lower bucket.
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