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Note: As stated in this post, the composter giveaway deadline was June 10, 2010 and the winner was announced on June 11. The winner, whose name was drawn via www.Random.org, is Tonya Stabb. Thank you for entering. If you’d like to stay up to date on our giveaways, please subscribe to this blog or join us on Facebook and Twitter!

Everyone who entered but did not will will receive a coupon code for $40 off this composter. Thanks!

I love composting. There, I’ve said it!

You probably think I need a life.

But the fact is that composting makes me feel good.

On average, Americans toss between 10 and 20% of the food we buy (depending on who’s doing the surveying).

Not only does throwing food into the garbage contribute to the greenhouse gas problem and waste a lot of money, but it’s like tossing gold or diamonds out the window. Food is just as much of a natural resource. Why let it go to waste?

Personally, knowing that whatever I’m pitching into the compost bin will help feed next year’s veggies and flowers makes me feel great.

Our household consists of my husband and me and we don’t generate much waste since he is a human composter who will scrape and eat every vestige of cottage cheese from the container even if the expiration dates to the Eisenhower administration and willingly consumes most limp celery, mushy tomatoes and other unappetizing flotsam and jetsam that mysteriously finds its way to the deep dark recesses of the vegetable drawer. (Aren’t I lucky? Believe me, I’ve thought of renting him out.)

But even with my husband’s heroic behavior (and cast iron stomach), when you add in egg shells, coffee grounds, tea leaves, watermelon rinds, and banana peels that even he, understandably, refuses to ingest, it’s amazing how food waste adds up.

Composting is a simple way to do good for the Earth (and your wallet) which is why we were so excited when we were invited by the folks at Clean Air Gardening to give away what looks like the world’s coolest composter-although to be perfectly honest, I do not want to give it away! I want to keep it!

Too bad for me. I can’t, but you can win it! Look at this amazing rotating composter valued at $170, from CleanAirGardening.com then make a comment below: Tell us what feature(s) of this composter sets your little wanna-be-composting heart pounding.

Be sure you give us an email (we won’t use it for any other purpose but the contest). Sorry, but due to shipping costs, this offer is for residents of the contiguous U.S. states only.

The giveaway will run from June 1-June 10 and the winner will be chosen at random via Random.org and announced on June 11.

For information on how I compost check out this video we did for Mothering.com on composting Halloween pumpkins.

And if you happen to live in an apartment and don’t have room for the compost bin, why not try to win it and donate it to a local school-or to me! (Only kidding.)

Good luck!

Note: We have not received any form of payment for running this giveaway.