There are many benefits to composting your food and garden waste at home. Discover how you can save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support wildlife, and improve your garden.
Composting at home is quick to set up and easier than you may think. The process is simple, but it's important to get the basics right from the start to ensure you get the best from your home compost bin.
Spring is one of the best times of year to get out in the garden and start composting. Whether you’re starting composting for the first time or have composted for a while, this is the time of year you can get the most reward.
Although the colder weather and shorter days are now here, that doesn’t mean you have to stop using your compost bin. The creatures will still continue to work inside your bin. We have some tips on how best to compost during these colder times of year.
Summer is a great time of year to compost at home. The higher temperatures will speed up the composting process. This is why placing your compost bin in a sunny spot in the garden helps the process.
Composting at home is quick and easy to do. Although buying a subsidised compost bin can be a great way to start, there are lots of other ways to start a compost heap.
After prevention and reuse, the next best thing you can do with items you no longer need is to recycle them.
Recycling turns old materials into new products, reducing our need to extract raw materials which is resource and emission intensive.
