Composting

What is home composting?

Home composting is simple, cheap and can be undertaken in a compost container or heap in your own garden. Home composting is natures' way of recycling organic material such as kitchen scraps and garden waste into a dark, crumbly soil conditioner. Approximately 25% of our household waste can be composted.

Why make a compost heap?

To improve your garden

• By digging into the soil to improve soil texture and nutritional quality
• Using as mulch around plants to help retain moisture and discourage weeds

To save money

• By buying less peat and fertilisers
• By helping reduce disposal costs for waste

To help the environment and biodiversity

• By cutting global pollution through reducing the amount of methane gas produced from landfill sites
• By protecting peat bogs which are destroyed to make potting compost
• By encouraging worms and keeping the birds happy