Waste and Recycling
Home Composting
Up to 25 percent of the average bin is kitchen and garden waste which could be composted.
Home composting is a good way to divert your kitchen waste from landfill and is great for your garden!
Home composting can be an art, but one that you can learn
A wide range of material can be composted at home. Once broken down it can be used almost anywhere in the garden as a soil improver and to top up tubs, planters and baskets. If you’re a keen gardener you may want to join in with Newport in Bloom.
You can compost these…
Fast rotters |
Slow rotters |
Fruit waste |
Crumpled cardboard |
Raw vegetable peelings |
Egg boxes |
Teabags |
Egg shells |
Coffee Grounds |
Cardboard inside of toilet/kitchen roll |
Flowers |
Woody prunings |
Weeds |
Plant stems/twigs |
Hedge clippings |
Autumn leaves |
Grass clippings (not too many at once!) |
Wood shavings |
Animal poo e.g. hamster/guinea pigs (herbivores – animals which eat grass, plants and seeds) |
But not these…
Meat/fish/bones |
Dairy products |
Cooked/processed food |
Coal ash |
Cat/dog (carnivore) litter/poo |
Roots of perennial weeds (e.g. dandelions, ground elder, bindweed, docks) |
Buy a compost bin
Visit the Green Cone website to purchase a compost bin which can take most items including meat and dairy products or visit your local garden centre to buy a basic composter.
More information
Take a look at Waste Awareness Wales composting at home leaflet (pdf)
Visit the composting guide website
Visit the Recycle Now website
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