Home composting
Liverpool City Council is now part of a Merseyside wide partnership to promote home composting.
We are working with Merseyside Waste Disposal authority (MWDA) and WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) in a year long campaign to encourage residents within the city to home compost which will help to reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfill.
Benefits of this new partnership are:-
- On-going home composting support to residents via WRAP helpline and website.
- A selection of low cost compost bins to choose from.
- Option to purchase kitchen caddies (and other accessories).
- Newsletters distributed twice a year to residents who have bought a bin.
- Free delivery of your compost bin within 28 days.
What is Composting?
- Composting is a natural process which converts organic waste into compost by means of bacteria and micro-organisms.
- The composting process is supported by larvae, wood lice, beetles and worms.
- Moisture and oxygen are the other important factors in the composting process.
- Heat is generated during the composting process. Micro-organisms flourish at a temperature of around 50 degrees C, enabling the composting process to proceed more rapidly.
What can be composted?
Most garden waste such as:
- grass cuttings
- hedge clippings
- weeds (young annuals)
- old plants and garden cuttings
- vegetable waste
- branches and twigs (cut into small pieces)
- fallen leaves.
Most kitchen waste such as:
- fruit scraps and vegetable peelings.
- tea bags and coffee grounds.
- crushed egg shells.
- fruit waste.
- cut flowers and house plant remains.
- Other items such as egg boxes, scrunched up newspaper or shredded confidential documents can be used.
What are the benefits of composting?
- Reduces the amount of waste you put out for collection.
- Reduces the amount of organic waste in landfill which can't break down properly and instead produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
- You receive a fantastic free nutritious fertilizer to help your garden bloom!.
How to purchase your compost bin/s
At a subsidised rate, Liverpool residents can purchase a compost bins at low cost prices. There is a choice of 3 different sizes:-
- Ecomax 220litre compost bin at a cost of £17.00.
- Ecomax 330litre compost bin at a cost of £20.00.
- Komp 250litre compost bin at at cost of £40.00.
*maximum of 2 bins per household and 1 reduced price kitchen caddy.
Kitchen caddies can only be purchased at the reduced price of just £4 when bought in conjunction with a compost bin.
To purchase your bin, telephone 0845 077 0757 quoting reference HCA2 or buy on-line at: www.recyclenow.com/compost