Home composting

Subsidised Home Compost Bins

The Hertfordshire WasteAware Partnership provides home compost bins to Hertfordshire residents at subsidised prices.

220 litre Compost Converter - £21.49 including delivery (Buy one get one half price)
330 litre Compost Converter - £24.49 including delivery (Buy one get one half price)

To order a compost bin call 0844 571 4444 or visit herts get composting This link opens in a new browser window .

For further information please contact the WasteAware helpline on 0300 1234051 or refer to the home compost information below.

Compost these...

...and keep these out

fruit and vegetable peelings
teabags
cardboard egg boxes
grass cuttings
hedge trimmings
hair
rotten fruit and vegetables
shredded paper

meat (place in your brown bin)
dairy products (place in your brown bin)
plate scrapings (place in your brown bin)
diseased plants (place in your brown bin)
cooked foods (place in your brown bin)
glass (place in your black box)
metals (place tins, cans and aerosols in your black box)
animal litter (place in your grey bin)

What are the benefits of home composting?

Saving money - no need to buy compost again!
Protecting the environment by reducing waste going to landfill. Organic waste produces methane at landfill sites, which contributes to climate change. Home compost also replaces peat products, which are dug from important ecological sites.
Providing an excellent soil conditioner, adding organic matter and nutrients to improve poor soils.
Helping maintain healthy plant growth, suppressing plant diseases and pests while improving the microbial and worm population of the soil.

For more information on how to compost at home visit Recycle Now This link opens in a new browser window .

Wormeries

If you have no bare soil to place a composter on, why not get a wormery? It is a great way to involve your children in composting as they love to look at the worms chomping through the fruit and vegetable peelings!

For further information please visit wormeries This link opens in a new browser window or herts get composting .