Home Composting
This would be an excellent time, to start home composting, Through Rotherham Council, householders can purchase home compost bins for as little as £16.00 for a 220 litre model and £19.00 for the larger 330 litre version.
What to put in your compost bin:
Don't forget - microbes needs a balanced diet just like you and me! So don't put in too much of one thing.
| Yes | No |
|---|---|
| Fruit scraps, including citrus peel | Cooked food |
| Vegetable peelings | Cat and dog faeces |
| Garden prunings | Coal and coke ash |
| Tea bags | Diary products |
| Grass cuttings | Disposable nappies |
| Egg shells | Glossy Magazines |
| Cardboard egg boxes | Meat and fish |
| Loo roll tubes | Glass |
| Old flowers | Tin cans |
| Pet bedding | Bread |
| Rhubarb leaves | |
| Newspaper (scrunched up) | |
| Straw & Hay | |
| Cardboard | |
| Wood ash | |
| Wood shavings | |
| Wood chippings | |
| Spent bedding plants | |
| Hedge clippings | |
| Young annual weeds | |
| Comfrey leaves |
Compost at Home
It is essential to have the correct mix of materials in order to produce good compost. Just like making a cake.
As well as garden waste, much of the food waste in household bins can be composted. A home composter allows anything from fruit and vegetable peelings to egg shells, tea bags and pet hair, or even shredded paper to be composted. Try and aim for a 50/50 mix of 'greens' (vegetable peelings, old flowers, grass cuttings, spent bedding plants) and 'browns' (garden prunings, coffee grounds, tissues and paper napkins, cardboard, vacuum cleaner dust). It's also important to replenish moisture lost during the composting process by adding water if the contents are not moist to the touch.
Please don't put cooked food waste in your home compost bin this type of waste needs to go in your black bin.
If you have lots of leaves to put into your compost bin, put the excess into a bin bag, make a few holes in it and leave in a corner of the garden or shed where they will rot down and be a great addition to the compost bin in a few months' time. A great tip is to use a lawnmower to pick leaves up - this shreds the leaves and helps the composting process.
Compost Bins Prices and Offer
· 220 Litre Compost Converter- Black £16.00
· 330 Litre Compost Converter- Black £19.00
· 220 Litre Compost Converter- Green £16.50 available on request.
· 330 Litre Compost Converter- Green £19.50 available on request.
There is a £5.49 delivery charge per order.
Special offer on selected compost bins: if you buy one you get the second one half price.
The Compost Converter kit includes:-
- 220 or 330 litre Compost Converter
- Converter Base Plate
- Accelerator Liquid
Kit Offer Price:-
- 220 Litre Kit - £25.75 save £5.25 on individual items.
- 330 Litre Kit - £28.75 save £5.25 on individual items.
Water Butts
Their also 2 types of Water Butts available on the Get Composting website. With a Special offer of: if you buy one you get the second one half price.
There is a £5.49 delivery charge per order.
Due to water butt sales being at an extremely high level, water butts are limited maximum of 2 per order. This includes Buy-One-Get-One-Half-Price Offer.
For more information visit http://www.getcomposting.com/
Order now on 0845 130 60 90 or order on-line
Last update: 1/05/2012