Our aim is to recycle as much of the green waste generated by our services as possible, we achieve this by utilizing the recycling facilities offered by most local authorities throughout the country.

However, we do encourage our customers to consider composting the material on site, by adding equal amounts of greens and browns.

Greens are things like vegetable peel, fruit scraps, teabags, grass cuttings, not to be used if the lawn has been treated with any propriety selective weed killers, and light hedge clippings, and they break down quickly and keep the bin moist.

Browns are things like straw, wood chippings, sawdust, shredded paper and cardboard, which give the compost its fibre. It also works best if you add lots of materials (chopped into small pieces) at once.

The ‘forbidden’ list of things never to compost includes cooked vegetable, dairy products, meat, fish, bones, pet litter, disposable nappies, plastic, glass and metal.

The composting process usually takes 6-18 months. In the meantime if you do go out to buy any ready-made composts, soil improvers or mulches, look out for the reduced peat or peat-free products – they also contain recycled products! The final product will be very dark brown or black compost at the bottom of your compost bin.

You can use it directly on your garden or blend it with sand and soil to make a potting mix.

For information or advice on home composting visit http://www.compost.org.uk

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