Composting is easier than you think!
Cheapest Feb 2012 is £15 see the link below.
Composting is an environmentally friendly way of getting rid of organic waste from your kitchen and garden, giving you a completely natural, peat free, compost to dig back into your garden. By composting your own food and garden waste at home you will be doing your bit to stop climate change as food/garden waste generates methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) when sent to landfill.
After 9 -12 months, depending on how much you put into your compost bin, you will have a rich, totally organic compost to put back onto your garden.
You can buy a compost bin in 2 different sizes to suit your garden
To find out more or to order go to www.birmingham.getcomposting.com or ring 0845 130 6090
You can put into your compost bin:
- Fruit and vegetable peelings (potato peelings, apple cores, banana skins etc)
- Egg shells
- Tea bags
- Cut flowers
- Coffee grounds
- Sawdust from small animals' bedding (e.g: hamster, guinea pig)
- Shredded paper and card
- Inners from kitchen/toilet rolls
- Grass cuttings
- Plant and bush trimmings
- Weeds (although it is not recommended you put in weeds such as bindweed)
- Vacuum cleaner dust
- Leaves
- Twigs (not too large)
- Straw and hay
- Egg boxes
- Feathers, fur and hair
- Ash (so long as it is wood based)
I have asked the Council to consider subsidising the compost bins to encourage more people to start using compost bins. It may be difficult at the moment but the Council should consider it in the future.
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