Recycle your garden waste
Recycling garden waste can be an important way to save our planet.
When garden waste breaks down in landfill, it can give off methane, a gas that has a big effect on climate change. When green waste is properly composted, it doesn't give off methane. There are several ways you can recycle waste from your garden; by using your fortnightly garden waste bin service, with a home composter or at the tip in Oldbury. An environmental benefit of composting at home is it can help you avoid buying peat-based composts.
Extracting peat to make compost damages wildlife and adds to climate change. Not only are there the wider eco benefits but home composting can save you money by having free compost and by mixing it into soil it will provide nutrients that help plants grow and improve the soils ability to hold on to moisture. Start home composting. If you use your garden waste bin service or take green waste to the tip it is composted using a system called 'open windrows'.
The green waste is piled up in long heaps and is broken up and turned by a digger to mix it and give it air. It is converted into peat free soil improver in just 3 to 4 months. Subscribe to garden waste bin collections today.