Waste and Recycling
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
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