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A new compost unit scheme has been entered into with Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in partnership with Waste Aware Scotland.

Scheme description:

Waste Aware Scotland is working with WRAP to encourage people throughout the UK to home compost. Please visit the Waste Aware Scotland Home Composting website to see the home compost bins on offer in your area.

Advice on Home Composting continues to be provided through the Master Composter Scheme operated by Aberdeenshire Council in conjunction with Aberdeen Forward Ltd.

For further information please contact Sheila Wiseman, Project Officer- Tel: 01467 628693
Email: mcnorth@tiscali.co.uk

What is composting?

Composting at home is a sustainable way of dealing with organic waste from your home and garden.

Decomposition is caused by the natural action of hundreds of types of bacteria, fungi and other organisms feeding on the materials in the compost bin. Like us, these are living creatures and need, Food (Materials), Oxygen (Air) and Water (Moisture).

Composting is nature’s own method of waste disposal

Why should I compost?

Composting is good for your garden and the environment, it:

  • Reduces Pollution
  • Reduces Waste taken to landfill
  • Saves YOU Money
  • Improves the structure of garden soils
  • Provides an excellent food for your plants
  • Reduces the amount of chemical fertilizer put on land
  • Reduces the need to buy compost from a shop

How to compost?

Home Composter

The Home Composter is for garden waste and uncooked vegetable kitchen waste. It produces compost for use in the garden.
You can place the following materials into your Home Composter:

BROWN (dry) materials:

  • Cardboard (shredded)
  • Hedge trimmings
  • Leaves
  • Small branches and bark
  • Sawdust and wood shavings
  • Twigs

GREEN (moist) materials:

  • Coffee grounds
  • Egg shells
  • Flowers, plants & weeds
  • Fruit & vegetable peelings
  • Grass cuttings
  • Tea bags/ leaves
Key Points to remember:
  • Place at least as much brown (dry) material as green (moist) materials into your Home Composter. The compost should be moist to the touch but not soggy
  • Turn your compost regularly to ensure that there is enough air in the mixture

Green Cone Food Digester

The Green Cone Food Digester is for most kitchen waste and produces a liquid feed that enters the soil under the digester.
You can place the following materials into your Green Cone Food Digester:

  • Bread
  • Coffee grounds & tea bags/ leaves
  • Dairy products
  • Egg Shells (small amounts)
  • Fruit and vegetable waste
  • Meat scraps, cooked and uncooked food
  • Pet waste
Key Points to remember:
  • The Green Cone Food Digester works best if you feed it with a small amount of kitchen waste at a time, daily if possible.

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