If you already care about eco shopping for your food, then recycling the kitchen waste from your household will come naturally to you. Vegetable peelings are easy to throw into a kitchen compost bin without any fear of odour or mess. Just putting all your kitchen waste into a plastic bin liner to be taken to the local rubbish tip is wasteful, and also adds to the pressure on landfill sites.
Some new products on the market can really make your life easier and will drastically reduce the amount of rubbish that you produce; as well as ending up with free compost for your garden. Many kitchen compost systems use effective micro organisms to start breaking down the waste matter, without creating nasty smells. In any case they are well sealed and some systems come with carbon filters. Many people also use wormeries to speed up the decomposition of the waste and improve the quality of the compost. Whichever system you prefer, you can do all your compost eco shopping in one place at AllThingsGreen.
Everything from teabags to flowers, coffee grounds and fruit and vegetable waste can go into a kitchen compost bin. Once full, you can empty it into your garden compost bin, where food waste is slowly recycled to become plant food. Here you can add garden waste such as grass cuttings, leaves and twigs, and even egg boxes and biodegradable cardboard.
Wooden compost bins are a natural alternative to plastic bins. Made from wood from sustainable sources, and treated with non-toxic preservative, they provide excellent insulation to allow a steady and even decomposition. Wooden compost bins also blend in well with the garden, so there is nothing unsightly about the composting process. Bins should be positioned in direct sunlight, and stand on bare earth to encourage worms and other insects to enter the compost.
