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Garden Waste and Composting

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

For cooked food waste that cannot be easily composted using a conventional composter

View more information about the weekly food waste collection

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

* via the Surrey Waste Partnership

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