Pile is too wet and compacted with too little air.

Maggots appear in all compost heaps, the trick is to manage them. They love a very wet pile. Lots of air and adding dried leaves helps control their numbers. Maggots, worms, bugs in reasonable quantities are good for your compost pile. Live and let live! They won't bother you.

Not enough oxygen, or the pile is too wet, or compacted.

Mix up the pile to increase aeration. Add coarse dry materials like straw, hay or leaves which will soak up excess moisture from the pile. Shred any big pieces that aren’t decomposing.

Inappropriate materials (like meat, oil, bones), or thefood-like material is too close to the surface of the pile.

Bury kitchen scraps under lots of dried leaves or already composted material. Don't add too many bones or meat to the pile. The Daily Dump products are rodent-proof - they don’t allow rodents to enter unlike compost pits.

The composter has been placed in too exposed a location.

Relocate your composter to a more sheltered spot. While these products have not been designed to withstand heavy rainfall, a little rain going in doesn’t adversely affect composting. Add more dried leaves or newspaper to absorb extra moisture.

The modular units can be pushed over by dogs, monkeys or a careless gesture.

Replacing parts of your composter is easy with Daily Dump’s modular composters. Pick up your replacement or have it delivered to your house.

leaves or newspaper to absorb extra moisture.

You are generating more waste than your composter can handle OR Composting is too slow.

You need to invest in another composter, a Leave-it Pot or return to throwing your garbage out till one lot composts. Your pile may not be composting at an optimum rate... use some leaves or newspaper to absorb extra moisture.

Not enough nitrogen/ oxygen.

Make sure you have enough nitrogen rich sources like manure, grass clippings or food scraps. The pile needs more air. Mix up the pile so it can breathe.