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WHERE YOU LIVE

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WHERE YOU LIVE

Cheltenham

Cotswold District

Forest of Dean District

Gloucester
At home
Composting
Recycling banks
Household recycling centres
Contact recycling team
  Download recycling guide (pdf)

Stroud District

Tewkesbury Borough

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composting

You can compost in two ways

Home Composting

Using a compost bin or heap is the best option for the environment and your garden. Also, you can compost kitchen waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings as well as garden waste.

Compost bins can be bought for as little as £8. To find out more, call 0845 077 0757.

 

kitchen waste

garden waste

Garden Waste Collection

If you currently receive a free garden waste collection service using a green sack, please continue to use the service. Garden waste only, no food/kitchen scraps.

Collections are fortnightly, normally on the same day as your refuse. For a collection calendar or further information, please contact the Recycling Team.

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Garden Waste Composting at your Household Recycling Centre

You can also recycle excess garden waste at your Household Recycling Centre. Garden waste only, no food/kitchen scraps.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Organic materials such as grass and leaves do not break down properly when buried in landfill sites.
Instead, they produce a liquid pollutant (leachate) and a gas that contributes towards global warming (methane).

However, if we compost these materials we will:

• Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill

• Reduce pollution of our environment

• Return valuable nutrients back to our soil

     
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