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Composting 
***NEW HOME COMPOSTING OFFER*** The Cheshire Waste Partnership is working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme to bring you a new improved home composting offer. Home composting bins are now available from £8.00 delivered AND there are two new sizes. Three bins, all made from 100% recycled plastic, are on offer:
To find out more on the offer call the Waste Management Service for a leaflet or visit the Partnership’s webpage on home composting here. Why not visit the RecycleNow composting home page too. According to results from the manufacturer compost bins in the Borough are selling fast! Get composting! Residents of the Borough of Macclesfield already send huge amounts of garden waste (over 9,000 tonnes in 2002/03) to the household waste recycling centres for composting BUT you can compost a lot of this at home. Home composting is the cornerstone of the County-wide Waste Minimisation Action Plan. Home composting is not suitable for all types of organic waste - for example large logs will not fit into a home compost bin so the facilities at the household waste recycling centres will remain. The Borough Council is currently looking for further methods to recover organic waste from the household waste stream. It is envisaged this will be linked to the farming community to build sustainable partnerships which benefit us all. These partnerships could help farmers to diversify their activities and enable the community to meet its legally binding waste recycling and recovery targets. Any interested potential participants should contact us. For further information please contact composting@macclesfield.gov.uk Quick tips for composting: 1. Finding the right site Ideally site your compost bin in the garden on bare soil. If you have to put your compost bin on concrete, tarmac or patio slabs, ensure there’s a layer of soil or existing compost on the bottom so the worms can colonise. 2. Adding the right ingredients Fill your kitchen caddy with everything from vegetable and fruit peelings to teabags, paper towels and e.g.gshells. Take care not to compost cooked food, meat or fish. 3. Fill it up Empty your kitchen caddy along with some garden waste into your compost bin. A 50/50 mix of greens and browns is the perfect recipe for good compost. 4. Sit back and relax It takes between six to nine months for your compost to become ready for use, so now all you need to do is sit back and wait. 5. Ready for use Once your compost has turned into a crumbly, dark material, resembling thick, moist soil and gives off an earthy fresh aroma, you know it’s ready to use. 6. Collect the compost Lift the bin slightly or open the hatch at the bottom and scoop out the fresh compost with a garden fork or space. 7. Use it Don’t worry if your compost looks a little lumpy with twigs or bits of e.g.gshell - this is perfectly normal. Use it to enrich boarders and vegetable patches, plant up patio containers or feed the lawn. |
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