Composting

Home composting is a great way of saving money and an environmentally-friendly way of reducing your waste

Items suitable for home composting:

Fruit and Veg peelings
Tea leaves
Coffee grounds
Egg shells
Plants, leaves, flowers and twigs
Vacuum dust
Cardboard egg boxes (torn)

Once everything breaks down, you will have free compost to use in the garden or pots

Help with Composting

BBC Gardeners World

BBC Gardeners World provides a great introduction to home composting in their beginner’s guide. Including a step-by-step guide accompanied by a video demonstration. They use homemade wooden compost bins, but if you aren’t handy, you can also buy a smaller compost bin. Check out the link below for more information:

BBC Gardeners World Magazine

RHS Gardening

For a more in-depth guide to home composting, RHS Gardening provides a fantastic walkthrough of the process. This guide includes ‘When to Compost’ ‘How to compost’ and some of the problems you may encounter. Check out the link below for more information:

Composting - RHS Gardening

We recommend that you use our kitchen waste recycling service for items such as cooked food, fish and meat.