Vent: My bokashi bin leaked fermented liquid all over my kitchen floor last night

I thought I had the spigot closed tight on my 5-gallon bucket under the sink, but I came home to a puddle of sour-smelling compost tea seeping into the baseboard, so I ended up scrubbing the floor with vinegar for 30 minutes and now I'm paranoid about leaks - has anyone figured out a foolproof way to keep these bins from dripping?

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the_abby11d ago

Dropped an entire pitcher of that fermented juice on my foot last year while trying to drain the bucket. Smelled like someone pickled a dead animal. Still don't have a good answer for leaks, just a lot of towels under my bucket now.

davis.emma11d ago

the_abby said "towels under my bucket" and honestly that might be the real solution here. I put one of those cheap plastic boot trays underneath mine now, the kind with the raised edges. Caught a leak last month and it just pooled in the tray instead of spreading across the floor. Still had to wipe it up but way less scrubbing.