You can see photographs of my former compost bins in an  old 2014 post

I just updated the introduction as follows ‘5 years ago our council  provided a brown bin for garden waste. Shortly after they introduced a charge to have the bin emptied.  Larger branches, gnarled roots and diseased wood  now goes in this bin’.

Improved Bins for Better Compost

• Keeping the heat of decomposition within the pile speeds up my composting.
• A large bin helps me keep the garden tidier.
• I am encouraged to make more compost and tip far less.
• Green household waste also goes in the new bins.
• The bins content tends to get a bit dry despite the rain drops you see. So I add water and comfrey leaves/juice.
• The lower openings intended for shoveling out the compost tend to get a bit clogged and thus I empty by opening the whole side.
• The black bin is smaller and was bought for slow to rot rubbish and composting/rotting down leaves. This years luxuriant growth has taken over and the more I spread compost the more compost I generate (Thanks Les Barker)