Our popular subsidised home composting scheme is not currently running. We are reviewing the results of the latest round in 2024 and may consider repeating it in the future.
Did you know the average household throws away 86 kilogrammes of edible food every year?
If we compost this food waste and our garden waste we can:
- reduce the amount of waste going to landfill
- reduce our environmental impact
- produce a valuable compost we can use at home
- reduce our need for artificially manufactured fertilizers
- be more sustainable at home and in the garden
Why should I compost?
Composting your foodwaste and garden waste produces an end-product that will save you money because you won’t have to buy commercial compost. Composting also helps decrease the amount of waste that you send to landfill. Sending food and garden waste to landfill results in significant costs, and also creates greenhouse gases.
If you're keen to give it a try but don't know where to start, here's some useful information to get you going: