 Home composting
Composting your kitchen and garden waste at home could cut down your rubbish by around a third. If you have a garden you can make natural soil improver and compost from dead leaves, plant trimmings, grass cuttings, vegetable peelings, tea bags and dead bunches of flowers. Even if you don't have a garden, you can compost some waste from your kitchen at home using a wormery. Get more information on wormeries, or download our guide and have a go at making your own wormery.
 Making a wormery (32 kb)
Home composting
A special offer is available to Wandsworth residents who can purchase a 220 Litre Compost Coverter Bin for £10 (plus £5 delivery charge). For more information or to place an order please visit www.wandsworth.getcomposting.com or call 0845 130 60 90.
A range of other products are also available, including larger compost bins, wormeries, kitchen composters, water butts and kitchen caddies.
The following suppliers can also provide products for composting at home:
Original Organics Ltd
Tel: (0808) 120 9676
www.originalorganics.co.uk
Products: Composters, Bokashi kitchen composters, junior and original wormeries
Green Cone Ltd
Tel: (0115) 911 4372
www.greencone.com
Products: Green cones for all household food waste, green johanna's, composters, water butts
Recycle Works
Tel : (0120) 0440 600
www.recycleworks.co.uk
Products: Composters, kitchen composters, worm farms
Why not have a go at making your own composter? For instructions on how to build a unit to contain a heap visit the following websites:
Visit the Recycle Now website for a step by step guide to all types of home composting.
 What to put in your compost bin
- Shredded paper and torn card
- Dead cut flowers
- Soft hedge clippings
- Fallen leaves
- Grass cuttings
Weeds (avoid persistent weeds and weeds in seed)
- Old plants
- Rabbit/guinea pig bedding
Do not put in your compost bin
- Meat or any material prepared with meat
- Plate scrapings (raw or cooked)
- Fish and cheese
- Cooked left overs
- Cat and dog litter
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