Home composting

All your fruit and vegetable scraps along with any cuttings from your garden can be added to your own compost bin or heap. You can also add cardboard or shredded paper to help keep a good balance of ‘greens’ and ‘browns’. The perfect recipe for good compost requires approximately a 50:50 split.

Greens	Browns
Fruit cores and peelings	Scrunched up thin cardboard
Tea bags	Shredded paper
Grass cuttings	Cereal and tea packets
Annual plants and flowers	Egg boxes

 

After nine to twelve months, you’ll have your very own compost, ready to put back on your garden and help nurture the same plants that helped to make it!

Get more advice on composting at home.

Hampshire residents can purchase compost bins at bargain prices, starting from £16 (plus £5.49 delivery). A range of different bins, accessories and water butts are all available. Find out more about purchasing a compost bin.

You can also dispose of your food waste at home using a special food waste digester.