Home Composting

Using a composter means that you can help stop thousands of extra tonnes of kitchen and garden waste going to landfill and turn it into useful soil conditioner for your own garden instead. If you want to give it a try it couldn’t be easier, simply purchase a composter at your local DIY/hardware store, garden centre, homeware store or on the internet. Site the composter either directly on the soil or on hard standing such as bricks, paving slabs or concrete and then start putting the compostable items listed below in it. The composter will work quickest if it is in full sun and you turn the contents periodically with a garden fork, however this is not essential.

The offer for subsidised composters has now ended. Watch this space for future composter offers.

We have some kitchen caddies available making it easier to store and transport your kitchen waste to your composter. These cost £3 and are available for collection at Jubilee House (see our Contact Us pages for directions). We only accept cash or cheque payments.

Did you know?

• Organic waste sent to landfill is unable to decompose properly and produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, which contributes to global warming.
• At least 30% of your household bin could be composted:

Do not put cooked food, dairy, fish or meat in your composter as it may attract vermin.

For more information about home composting have a look at RecycleNow's composting pages.

Cooked food composters

You can compost kitchen waste, including cooked food, dairy, fish, meat and small bones, in a food digester such as a wormery or bokashi system. Other types of food digesters, such as a Green Cone, will use heat and harmless bacteria in the soil to break down food waste into its natural components of carbon and water and produce no compost at the other end.

Cooked food composters are available from many online shops.