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Home Composting
Like most recycling, home composting is a way of life or habit.
If all your food comes out of a bag or tin, then there is little to compost.
But if you use fresh vegetables, and do bit of gardening, it is surprising what 'waste' goes into the
rubbish bin each week.
So what can we compost instead of throwing away in the wheelie bin each
week ?
Potato and other vegetable peelings.
(sprouts, carrots (skin and tops), onion skins, cabbage outer leaves, |
Fruit waste (banana skins, apple & pear cores, orange
peel,) |
| Tea Bags & Coffee grouts |
Egg shells (and egg boxes made of cardboard!) |
| Cut flower heads after they 'go over' |
'Dead heading' from the garden |
Shredded paper from the
office/home shredder |
Grass cuttings (not too many though!) |
| Loo roll 'inners' (torn up a bit!) |
Fallen leaves in the Autumn |
HOW DO I COMPOST AT HOME?
Admittedly you need a spare part of a garden, about a square
metre - that's all.
You will need a composting bin or other receptacle.
Try this link http://www.offers.getcomposting.com.
Wiltshire Council no longer provides the facility to buy through the local authority, (October 2010)
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It is a good idea to buy a cheap small bin with a lid
about the size of a large
domestic kettle,
 from
the local D.I.Y. or garden centre. Keep this in
the kitchen.
When you create compostable waste, pop it into the
bucket. This saves a trip to the compost bin every time you chew an
apple!. (This is important. If it's dark, raining - or down the
other end of the 'estate', you may be tempted to chuck it in the bin
instead). Once you have your Bin and Bucket, educate the
whole family, especially any children. It's important they take part, it's
their future we aim to protect.
See also
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