Newtown residents are being urged to get composting today, the start of International Compost Awareness Week.
Powys County Council is promoting the week, which runs until 8 May, to show people how simple home composting is and demonstrate the great results that can be achieved by turning your organic waste into nutrient-rich homemade compost.
The council is encouraging households to get involved by taking the opportunity to try composting for themselves.
About a third of your waste can be composted at home, saving energy and resources and benefiting your garden and your pocket.
Councillor John Powell, Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability, said: “Many people don’t realise how simple it is to home compost or just how much of their household waste can actually be composted. You can purchase a compost bin for a discounted rate of £20 including delivery from the council to get you started.”
Vegetable peelings, prunings, paper and many other items from your kitchen and garden will decompose easily and naturally in a compost bin, leaving you less waste to bag up and put out for collection and further processing.
The free compost will enrich borders and vegetable patches, plant up patio containers and act as a soil conditioner to improve your lawn.
Home composting helps ensure that organic household waste doesn’t end up in landfill. You’ll be left with a product that has everything your plants need to flourish and stay looking beautiful and healthy.
If you don’t have a garden, remember that you can still recycle all of your food waste, such as vegetable peelings, fruit cores, teabags, egg shells and leftover food by using your weekly food waste kerbside recycling collection.
Contact the council if you do not have a kitchen counter or kerbside food waste caddy. Or if you fancy being creative with your leftovers visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com for recipe ideas or download the mobile app.
For recycling information or to request food waste caddies, please visit our website www.powys.gov.uk/recycle, Facebook page /RecycleforPowys and Twitter: @RecycleforPowys.
