Waste and Recycling

Compost At Home

Dover District Council is now a partner in the Recycle Now Home Composting Campaign led by Kent County Council and WRAP (Waste Resources Action Programme.) Residents in the Dover District and throughout Kent can now buy compost bins as a discounted price.

The following two bins are available at a reduced price.

Picture of compost bin 220.

220 ltr compost bin - £17.00 including delivery

Image of compost bin 330.

330 ltr compost bin - £20.00 including delivery

How to order

Order on line at www.recyclenow.com/compost
Call the order line on 0845 077 0757

What can I put in my bin to compost?

A lot of people think that garden waste is the only thing that you can put into your compost bin. There are actually loads more everyday waste items from your home and garden that you can add to enrich your compost. Things you CAN add to your compost bin include:

Greens

Tea bags
Grass cuttings
Vegetable peelings
Old flowers
Fruit scraps
Nettles
Coffee grounds & filter paper
Spent bedding plants
Rhubarb leaves
Young annual weeds

Browns

Egg shells
Egg boxes
Cereal boxes
Corrugated cardboard packaging
Newspaper
Toilet & kitchen roll tubes
Garden prunings
Dry leaves, twigs and hedge clippings
Straw and hay
Bedding from vegetarian pets
Wool
Feathers
Ashes from wood, paper or lumpwood charcoal
Woody clippings
Cotton threads
String (made from natural fibres)
Tumble dryer lint (from natural fibre clothes)
Old natural fibre clothes (eg woolly jumpers or cotton t shirts – cut into small pieces)
Vacuum bag contents (if you have natural fibre carpets)
Tissues, paper towels and napkins (unless they have been in contact with meat, fats, oils or disease)
Shredded confidential documents
Corn cobs & stalks
Pine needles and cones (slow to compost – don’t put too much in)

Why recycle this waste?

At least 30% of your household bin could be composted. In reality green waste that is sent to landfill is unable to decompose properly because, squashed under all the other waste, it doesn’t have any access to air. So instead methane, a powerful green house gas, is produced which contributes to global warming.

Composting your organic waste not only provides you with a valuable soil improver for your garden, but it also helps to reduce the amount of organic waste you might send to landfill.

Recycle for Dover District

Dover District Council Wasteline: 01304 872428

E-mail: waste@dover.gov.uk