DID you know a third of your Christmas waste can be home composted?
These tips will help you put those vegetable peelings from your Christmas dinner to good use:
Help next year’s plants grow by making use of this year’s tired vegetation. Adding spent bedding plants to your compost mix will help to capture all the nutrients and give your new plants a great start when you wake the garden back up in the spring.
Bring the inside, outside! Anything from toilet roll tubes and egg boxes to coffee grounds and tea leaves; can be added to your compost bin.
Make your compost mixture more a-peel-ing. Don’t forget to regularly add your kitchen waste to your compost. It will appreciate the peelings from your tasty winter vegetables and festive fruits such as satsumas and clementines.
The remnants of your New Year’s Eve party can also be composted, such as nut shells, cocktail sticks, paper plates and party food packaging. Natural corks will take longer to break down but can also be added to your compost bin.
With additional visitors during the Christmas period, there is bound to be vacuuming to do. The contents of your vacuum cleaner can be emptied into the compost bin.
Compost bins start from £15 and you can also take advantage of the buy two, get the second half-price offer, which means even bigger savings on the original price of £39.
To get your special offer compost bin, visit www.getcomposting.com or call 0844 571 4444.
