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Mill’s $999 high-tech waste bin dumps its required subscription

Mill’s smart kitchen trash can now recycle your food without a subscription

Last year when I reviewed Nest co-founder Matt Rogers’ new project, the Mill smart trash can, I was impressed with its food-grinding prowess. The new price is a relative bargain compared to the first-gen model’s subscription-only offering that cost nearly $400 for the first year plus $33 a month thereafter for as long as you had the bin. While a high-priced, high-tech kitchen bin isn’t going to solve America’s food waste problem single-handedly, it’s at least a step in the right direction.

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