Home Composting

Up to 25% of the average bin is kitchen and garden waste that could have been composted. Home composting is a good way to divert your kitchen waste away from being buried at the landfill site and put it to use in your garden instead. Home composting can be an art but you can learn that art easily.

A wide range of material can be composted at home. Once this has 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 too.

What can be home composted?
Vegetable waste and peelings	Grass cuttings
Hedge clippings	Weeds
Old plants & garden cuttings	Branches & twigs (cut into pieces)
Fallen leaves	Tea bags & coffee grounds
Crushed egg shells	Fruit waste
Cut flowers & house plant remains	Insides of toilet and kitchen rolls
Cardboard egg boxes	Small amounts of newspaper
Vegetarian animal bedding, hamsters, rabbits etc

What can’t be home composted?
Cooked & uncooked meat	Cooked food
Cat & dog faeces	Garden waste which has recently been treated with weed-killer

For more home composting tips visit

http://www.compostguide.com/?mcpstr

http://www.getcomposting.com/guide.htm

http://www.compost.org.uk/

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