What facilities do you need to begin compositing at home?

What facilities do you need to begin compositing at home?

Amy Sims (Communications Manager) gives expert video advice on: Why is recycling important?; What items of household waste can be recycled?; How can I reduce the amount of waste I produce at home? and more...

There are several different ways you can compost your waste at home depending on what you want to compost and how much space you have. You can get a normal compost bin from the local garden center, or your local council, or you could even make your own. These will compost soft garden waste such as grass clippings and raw vegetable peelings, tea bags and egg shells. If you don't have access to a garden, then a wormery could be a great solution. Worms can eat their own body weight in kitchen waste every day, leaving you with really good soil conditioner. You can purchase worm bins from most garden centers or check out the Wiggly Wigglers website. If you don't have any outdoor space and you want to compost in your kitchen, Bakashi could be a really good answer as well. It's a mixture of bacteria, yeast and fungi in a powdered bran form, and you simply add one or two handfuls of it onto your food waste in a sealed bin. The mixture ferments the organic matter down, and there's no mess and there's no smell, and then you can add your waste directly into the soil or a normal compost heap that will break down very rapidly. Also, check out Wiggly Wigglers to find out more about Bakashi.