Composter ingredients
What can be composted?
- vegetable & fruit waste, peelings etc.
- grass cuttings
- hedge clippings
- weeds (perenials are not recommended)
- old plants
- garden cuttings
- branches and twigs (cut into pieces)
- Autumn leaves
- tea bags
- coffee grounds
- crushed egg shells
- cut flowers
- house plant remains
- cardboard egg boxes (torn into strips)
- toilet / kitchen rolls
- a few cereal boxes
- vegetarian animal bedding from hamsters, rabbits etc.
- Hair from your pet or family
- Straw and hay (old and chopped is the best)
- Wool carpet vacuum dust (this doesn't work with synthetic carpets)
What can't be composted?
- Cooked and uncooked meat / fish
- Cooked food
- Cat and dog faeces
- Garden waste that has recently been treated with weed-killer
- Disposable nappies
- Cleaning fluids and garden chemicals
Contact
t. 01446 700111 or email: visible@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk