Home Composting
Why home compost?
- Home composting allows you to dispose of organic waste at
home.
- It reduces the amount of organic waste in your dustbin, waste
that may end up in landfill.
- It saves money by reducing the need to buy soil improvers or
conditioners.
- It improves the soil quality in the garden by adding nutrients
to feed plants and helps the soil retain moisture.
Home composting helps the environment
because:
When waste is sent to landfill, air cannot get to the organic
waste. Therefore as the waste breaks down it creates a harmful
greenhouse gas, methane, which damages the Earth's atmosphere.
However, when this same waste is composted above ground at home,
oxygen helps the waste to decompose aerobically which means hardly
any methane is produced, which is good news for the planet.
What can be home composted?
Garden waste can be composted at home in a compost bin or
compost heap.
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- Fruit and vegetable peelings
- Grass cuttings
- Tea bags and coffee grounds
- Egg Shells
- Weeds
- Rabbit and guinea pig bedding
- Leaves
- Shredded paper and card
- Wood ash
- Sawdust
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Discount Composters
To order a reduced priced compost bin, water butt or
accessories please telephone 0844 571 4444.
To order on line or view the compost bins, water butts and
accessories available visit www.dover.getcomposting.com.
Contact
Dover District Council Wasteline:
01304 872428
Email: waste@dover.gov.uk
