Reencle vs Vego Composter: Which Kitchen Composter Wins?

With cities across the U.S. implementing mandatory composting laws, households are seeking effective ways to manage food waste. Two leading solutions are Reencle and Vego Composter. Although they apply different technology. Both machines can be considered as a solution for tackling food waste problem. 

Food waste is a critical environmental, economic, and ethical issue worldwide. Each year, over one-third of all food produced is wasted—totaling approximately 1.3 billion tons. This waste occurs throughout the food supply chain, from farms to households, leading to severe environmental and economic impacts. 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted annually—enough to feed over 2 billion people. 

Nearly 40% of all food produced globally goes uneaten. The United States wastes about 119 billion pounds of food per year. In Europe, around 88 million tons of food waste costs €143 billion annually. In Asia, food loss and waste are especially high due to rapid urbanization and inefficient supply chains. As a consequence, Food waste generates 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions—significantly contributing to climate change. When food decomposes in landfills, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Wasting food also means wasting precious resources: 25% of the world's freshwater is used to grow food that is never eaten. 30% of global agricultural land is used to produce wasted food.

Economically, Global food waste costs the world $1 trillion annually in lost food value. In developing countries, most food waste occurs before it reaches consumers due to poor storage, transportation, and processing. In developed countries, waste occurs mainly at the consumer level, with households discarding edible food.

Vego composter and Reencle may look similar but they have very different technology. Vego composter dehydrates food wastes to reduce its volume and make food dirt. whereas Reencle uses sophisticated aerobic composting system to reduce food wastes and make real compost. Here’s a quick look at the differences between vego 

The Vego Composter was designed for a smart home garden system. By continuously shredding and fermenting at low temperatures, it effectively reduces the volume of food scarps.. A sophisticated weighing system responds to the waste weight and adjusts moisture, temperature and processing time accordingly. Cleaning and drying functions ensure easy maintenance and durability. A transparent window and interior lighting make the dehydrating process visible. Here is a detail how does the Vego Kitchen composter work.

1. Add Your Kitchen Scraps imply add your food scraps—such as vegetable peels, coffee grounds, and eggshells—into the composter. Unfortunately, there are some restrictions of adding food input. Specifically, meat, dairy, and oily foods should be avoided. Also, Vego composter claims that for optimal composting, it requires people to break down food scraps into small pieces before putting in and remove water if food scarps contain too much moisture.
   
   
2. Choose a Mode :The Vego Kitchen Composter offers four composting modes, each with different processing times:
   
   
   • Vego Mode (9-24 hours/cycle) : Allows continuous addition of kitchen scraps to create rich soil amendment. You can add scraps at any time without removing existing contents.
   • Express Mode (2-8 hours/cycle) : A rapid processing mode for kitchen waste that creates material suitable for outdoor compost bins or worm composters.
   • Fertilize Mode (9-22 hours/cycle) : Creates semi-composted material efficiently for garden use.
   • Grass Mode (11-24 hours/cycle): Features enhanced grinding to speed up biodegradation, producing nutrient-rich organic matter for lawns.
   • Clean Mode (0.5 hours/cycle) : Maintains device cleanliness.
     
     
3. Wait for the Cycle to Complete : After adding scraps and selecting a mode, the machine begins processing.
   
   
4. Use the dirt. Once the cycle finishes, since the dirt is not fermented enough. The manual states it should be tossed into outdoor composter for secondary composting. Honestly, none of composter can make compost within 24 hours.
   
   

Vego composter would be the best choice for following people :

1. People who don’t have enough space to install machine : Since Vego composter is designed as countertop composter, it is more compact than others.

2. People who want to reduce food scraps : since Vego composter dehydrates and shredde food scarps. It effectively reduces its volume.

3. People who don’t want to pay high upfront cost : generally, composters are between $399-$899, Vego composter is only $299. This price option is more affordable than others, if we just consider the machine cost only (we need to think of its maintenance cost)

However, since Vego composter just dehydrates food scarps not make compost. People who may think of real compost should be careful when they buy it. Also, even though the upfront cost of machine is cheap compared to competitors like Lomi and Mill. Vego composter also requires regular subscription like filter and unknown tablets, costing $200 per year. Considering lifetime of machine, people need to pay $1,300 for five years. It also consumes high electrccity compared to the other brands. It spends up to 15kWh per day. Regarding the noisy level, although Vego composter claims it is only 42dB level but is much louder then Reencle which is 28dB only. 

Reencle differs from dehydrators and grinders like Vego composter in its fundamental approach. While Vego composter uses high temperatures to reduce food waste size, Reencle employs Bacillus Smithii microorganisms—naturally occurring composting bacteria derived from cheese and soybeans. The system replicates natural aerobic composting in an optimized environment, accelerating the microbial decomposition process.

 Reencle runs continually and stays heated to 131 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, so waste can be added at any time and starts to break down immediately. Most food items are broken down into unrecognizable particles within 24 hours, and the microbes can consume anything a person could reasonably digest. Meat is OK, as are fruit peels, eggshells, and even small bones. 

Keep in mind, since there's no grinder, so while this means the operation is quiet— Reencle's claims 28 dB—it also means larger items like banana peels or whole fruits must be chopped up. This efficient approach allows most food scraps to decompose within 24 hours. Here is detail how does the Reencle composter work.

1. Set up Reencle with our microbes

Unpack your first electric kitchen composter, Reencle, introduce our packet of microbes, and let them work.

2. Dispose up to 2.2 lbs of food scraps per day

Feed your compost by disposing of food scraps regularly. Turn your compost into nutrient-dense fertilizer for your garden or houseplants.

3. Empty every 1-3 months

Spread your nutrient-dense fertilizer in your garden or on your houseplants

Reencle provides two different options based on daily food scarps that you might have. If your family only has 3 people and daily food scarps that you have is only 2.2 Ibs. We highly recommend Reencle Prime which handles 2.2 Ibs per day. If your family is more than 4 people and have 3.3 Ibs food scarps per day, we highly recommend Reencle Gravity. Finally, Reencle provides various options for different household.

Reencle composter would be the best choice for following people :

1. Real compost : People who really want to have real compost.
   
   
2. Low Maintenance cost : People who really cares about maintenance cost. Since Reencle only has $35 per year for filter replacement (for the first two year, you don’t have to care about it since you will receive two filters)
   
   
3. Ease of usage : People who want to add food scarps continuously
   
   
4. Handle various types of food scarps : People who want to add all kinds of their food scarps

While dehydrators and grinders merely shrink food waste through heat processing, Reencle employs a more natural and sustainable approach . Through microbial decomposition , Reencle not only reduces waste but also creates genuine compost that enriches soil—a benefit dehydrators cannot match.

Thanks to its lower maintenance costs, continuous operation, and range of sizes for different households , Reencle stands out as a practical, eco-friendly alternative to dehydrators. For those seeking a true composting solution that combines efficiency, sustainability, and affordability , Reencle emerges as the superior option .