Composting in East Riding
Why compost?
Composting provides a way of reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Composting also provides a product that is useful for gardening, landscaping, or house plants.
As plants grow they remove nutrients from the soil. In nature this nutrient is replaced in the natural cycle of decaying organic matter. This layer of rich top-soil (which is so beneficial for our plants) is called humus.
In our gardens, however, we interrupt this cycle by removing unwanted organic matter (e.g. pruning, mowing our lawns and disposing of dead leaves). Without replacing this nutrient we can make the soil barren and infertile to all but the hardiest plant, leading often to the use of chemical fertilisers and feeds.
Composting saves money, as well as the environment
An excellent alternative, while keeping your garden tidy, is home composting of garden and organic household waste.
Organic waste can form up to a third of our weekly rubbish. This goes straight to landfill, fermenting and producing large quantities of the greenhouse gas, methane.
Where can I get a composter?
Until March 2009 we will be running a new compost bin offer. As well as the offers below, you can also buy a kitchen caddy for only £4 when you buy a bin.
 ecoMAX 220 litre (£17.00) |
 ecoMAX 330 litre (£20.00) |
 KOMP 250 litre (£40.00) |
All prices inc delivery. Order your compost bin online at www.recyclenow.com/compost
, or call 0845 077 0757 (charged at local rate) quoting reference HCA1.
Alternatively, use the printable order form.
What CAN I put in my composter?
 Fruit scraps |
 Vegetable Peelings |
 Garden prunings |
 Tea bags |
 Grass cuttings |
 Egg shells |
 Old flowers |
 Rhubarb leaves |
 Hedge clippings |
 Newspaper (scrunched up) |
 Shredded paper |
 Straw and hay |
 Cardboard |
 Coffee grounds |
 Wood ash |
 Wood shavings |
 Wood chippings |
 Spent bedding plants |
 Cardboard egg boxes |
 Toilet roll tubes |
Pet bedding |
What CAN'T I put in my composter?
 Cooked food |
 Cat and dog waste |
 Coal and coke ash |
 Dairy products |
 Disposable nappies |
 Glossy magazines |
 Meat and fish |
 Glass |
 Tin cans |
 Plastic |
 Bread |
Household Waste Recycling Sites
Green waste can be disposed of at all the household waste recycling sites in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. We provide a range of facilities to help to ensure that as much household waste material as possible is recycled. Facilities are also provided for the proper disposal of other household rubbish. The sites are operated by Waste Recycling Group on behalf of the council - at the following locations.
Find out where your local sites are.
Further information
For further information on what facilities are available in your area please contact :
Gary Arnold
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
gary.arnold@eastriding.gov.uk
01482 391714
Community composting
Community composting is the composting of biodegradable green waste by a number of residents from the local community at a local communal site. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is very to keen to help set up community composting schemes. It is a preferred way of disposing of green waste.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering “not for profit” groups or parish councils the chance to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to start a community composting scheme. In addition, a constituted community composting group which diverts household green waste from landfill will be given a payment per tonne of material collected, then an additional payment if they compost the material at their own site. This payment is known as a Community Composting Credit.
For further information please contact Stephen Hall the Community Composting Officer on 01482 391752 or email stephen.hall@eastriding.gov.uk.
