Composting

Composting is a cheap, natural process that recycles your kitchen and garden waste into valuable food for your garden.

Up to 50% of what you throw away is organic waste, which means it rots away. This can easily be recycled at home in a compost bin. Composting allows you to recycle your organic waste and save it from going into landfill. The compost can then be used on your garden to improve the soil and help your garden grow.

Why should I compost?

Composting your garden and kitchen waste greatly reduces your environmental impact. Homemade compost is an ideal replacement for using expensive compost. Most types of compost you can buy are peat-based. Peat extraction has a negative environmental impact. For information on composting visit www.recyclenow.com/home_composting

For more information on how you can reduce your environmental impact by composting at home, visit the Debdale Eco Centre website. The Debdale Eco Centre is an environmental organisation working across Greater Manchester to promote composting, organic growing and sustainable living. Why not also visit www.wigglywigglers.co.uk for more inspiration.

How Can I Get Started?

Click on the actions on the left of your screen to find out where you can purchase a low cost compost bin and how you can start to compost your waste.

Our Factsheet - We have developed a composting factsheet to help you get the most out of your garden waste and kitchen peelings . Download the composting factsheet and see what you can do.