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Composting

Using a Home Composter at home is a sustainable way of dealing with organic waste from your home and garden. You can compost food waste as well as garden waste.

You can use a Green Cone Food Digester to compost most food waste and a small amount of garden waste. Both are available at a discount to Aberdeenshire residents and both provide free nutrition to your garden while reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

 

Recycle at your HWRC

Householders can recycle garden waste free of charge at HWRCs (Household Waste & Recycling Centres). Please check the lists to make sure your HWRC accepts garden waste.

 

Temporary Extra Garden Waste Recycling Points

These can be found at a number of locations on a seasonal basis. In 2008, the dates, times and locations are:

Saturdays, 9.00am - 3.00pm, 19 April to 15 November:

  • Aboyne, Station Square Car Park
  • Ballater, Church Square Car Park
  • Inverbervie, Beach Front Car Park, off Kirkburn
  • Mintlaw, Council Depot, South Street
  • Newtonhill, Bettridge Centre Car Park
  • Portlethen, ASDA Car Park
  • St Cyrus, Ecclesgreig Road Car Park

AND Wednesdays, 2.00pm - 7.00pm, 23 April to 19 November:

  • Portlethen, ASDA Car Park

 

Garden Waste Recycling Collections

Local environmental charity, Aberdeen Forward, is piloting a new Garden Waste Recycling Collection in several communities across Aberdeenshire as part of a new network of community composting sites.


PUT Community Co-operative

PUT (Pitmedden, Udny, Tarves Community Co-operative) is a not-for-profit group run by volunteers and supported by Aberdeenshire Council. It aims to help divert garden waste from landfill in the Tarves and Udny parishes by recycling garden waste at Mill of Allathan Quarry outside Pitmedden. For more information, please contact:

 

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