My new compost bin has arrived! I'm overly excited about this as I can now create lovely homemade compost at absolutely no cost to me!
My local district council ( North Devon) provide pretty comprehensive doorstep recycling services already. The following items can all be recycled:
Newspapers, Magazines, Catalogues, Telephone books, Clean old clothes, Shoes (in pairs), Handbags, Belts, Sheets, Curtains, Pillow cases, Duvet covers, Junk mail (no plastics) Glass bottles, j
ars, Plastic bottles (i.e. milk cartons, shampoo bottles etc, Food tins, Drink cans, Aluminium foil, Aerosol cans, Bark, Hedge clippings, Grass cuttings, Weeds, Cut flowers, Plants (no soil), Windfalls, Untreated sawdust, Wood shavings, Clean straw, Egg boxes, Cardboard (not with plastic attached) including food packaging and washing powder boxes.
ars, Plastic bottles (i.e. milk cartons, shampoo bottles etc, Food tins, Drink cans, Aluminium foil, Aerosol cans, Bark, Hedge clippings, Grass cuttings, Weeds, Cut flowers, Plants (no soil), Windfalls, Untreated sawdust, Wood shavings, Clean straw, Egg boxes, Cardboard (not with plastic attached) including food packaging and washing powder boxes. This is very laudable, but I wanted to get even more from my waste. As my new garden efforts require some rich compost to be successful I decided to get a compost bin going.
They (NDDC) have teamed up with WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) http://www.wrap.org.uk/ to offer North Devon residents the opportunity to buy discounted compost bins. The bin cost me £9 - free delivery and is a large 330 litre composter. This means that instead of buying a 40litre bag of peat compost at £4 every time- I can have free compost for ever. Now that's what I call a good deal!
I'm sure that North Devon is not the only council to be running this type of scheme - so it would probably pay you to check out your own council to see what deals they are coming up with
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Hello. I just started a Wik. called Gardening in the South (on Zimbio) to help promote the plant nusery that I work for in Savannah, Ga. The Zimbio page is to promote the blog. If I give you the information, would you consider posting from the other side of the pond? We could use your info on composting. They aren't as enlightened around here.
http://hesterandzipperer.blogspot.com
Just trying to get the word out there. Thank you very much!
-Christine (Crystal Tang)
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