What is composting?
Composting is a natural process that can transform your kitchen and garden waste into valuable food for your garden soil. Compost is great for feeding your flower beds, vegetable plots, and for mixing into planters, to make your garden bloom.
Find out how you can get started here
How to set up home composting | Recycle Now.
Why home compost?
There are lots of good reasons to compost. It can save you money, saves resources, help to improve your soil and reduce your impact on the environment.
Almost half of the food waste in an average black bin could have been composted. You can do your bit to reduce the amount of waste sent for costly disposal by composting your food and garden waste at home.
What can I put in a compost bin:
- Fruit, salad and vegetable peelings
- Fallen leaves, grass cuttings and hedge trimmings
- Cardboard egg boxes and eggshells
- Plants that have died but were not diseased
- Teabags.
What can't I put in a compost bin:
- Raw or cooked meat and fish
- Dairy products
- Uneaten food from mealtimes
- Diseased plants or weeds
- Glossy magazines
- Animal waste.
Discounted compost bins
We have teamed up with getcomposting.com to offer 1,000 discounted home compost bins for Erewash residents.
Two different size bins are available:
- 220 litre compost converter bin £16 (plus £6.99 delivery)
- 330 litre compost converter bin £21 (plus £6.99 delivery)
Enter your postcode and click on the compost converter bin. Select the colour and size. Please be aware it may take a few seconds for the discounted price to display. The offer is limited to one bin per household. Limited number available. Buyers will receive a small guide on how to get composting.