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Garden Waste and Composting

Composting is a blooming marvellous way to recycle your garden waste and compostable kitchen waste too!

 

 

Greens Vegetable peelings Tea bags Coffee grounds Weeds Pond algae Grass cuttings Fruit cores		Browns Shredded paper Tumble dryer lint Vacuum bag contents Egg shells (crushed) Garden prunings Dry leaves Twigs Straw / hay Wool Feathers

The key to successful composting is achieving the right the balance of 'green' (wet) and 'brown' (dry) ingredients. Further information about composting is available by following the links listed below;

• general information on composting
• compost trouble shooting
• purchase of discounted compost bins Opens in a new window *

* to view the composters and accessories available simply type your postcode into the box (buy a low cost bin today...)

 

If you do not have space for a composter you could:

• Join the Green Waste Club
• Take your green waste to a Community Recycling Centre (Tip / dump)

 

Mix 'green' and 'brown' and keep landfill down