Can someone tell me how to compost waste?

Answer 1

Good for you..

Your local will either give you a compost bi or will heavily subsidise it for you... it will cost you no more than about £5 though..

It's easy to compost simply try the link below and they will help.

Best of luck..

Answer 2

First, choose your spot carefully as far away from the house as possible, because flies like compost when it's rotting down. Get four old pallets and tie together to make a square. If you have access to other wood or bricks, then build your compost from them. Bins are OK, but open air is best.
Now you are ready to start. Work in layers of kitchen peelings, torn up newspaper, old grow bag contents, grass cuttings, leaves, twigs, etc., and away you go. Cover with an old bit of carpet, to help it "cook."
The golden rule is to keep it building up in layers of as much as four inches. To help break it down, a small sprinkling of garden lime will help. Better still is human urine - providing the householders are not on loads of constant medication.
Once you have the compost building up nicely, build another along-side, so that you can turn the original into it and use the ready made compost from the (now) top for the garden. Two, or even three on the go, if you have the room, means one is building, one is "doing" and one is being used.
Good luck.

Answer 3

I got a composting bin off my local council for £4.50-the first time I filled it I thought 'well thats not much good, doesnt hold very much' boy was I surprised when I went to see if there was any room for the hay out of rabbit hutch-it had shruken to almost nothing-so sommat must be workng! I would recommend one-dont think I like the idea of just a heap of rotting veg etc sitting the corner of my garden uncovered!! Besides the 'pong' I think my dogs would find it great fun to rummmage through it!! Happy Composting!!

Answer 4

Pick a spot in your yard, away from your house or places your kids hang out, buy a metal trash can, and start putting your waste food scraps and other organic material in there.

Secure the lid to ensure that no animals can get inside and make sure that a dog or something can't knock it over. Make sure that spot gets some sunlight to help "cook" it.

Just keep adding things daily, occassionally taking a shovel or something to "stir" it. It'll take a while, but you'll get your own compost. Great for gardens.

If you have a pet (I know it's icky), you can also use animal crap to grow grass (wouldn't recommend using it for food production).

Answer 5

Vegetable matter only. Egg shells are an exception. Onion skins are not recommended. Start a pile of leaves, grass clippings, coffee grounds, vegie scraps. Throw some dirt or old potting soil on it turn and mix with a shovel. A mixture of tea and beer will help the compost to decompose quicker. That's it.

Answer 6

Buy an appropiate size bin, or you will have every scavenger bird or rodent visiting you constantly, messing up your property, along with extra flies and a very bad odour. Throw in any organic waste and let it rot. Go to one of the mentioned compost sites for tips.

Answer 7

Aim for a 'mixed diet': grass, clippings, shredded garden prunings and paper, kitchen waste.
The latter can be a huge problem, especially in the summer, with flies and maggots. Make sure it's covered with the other stuff.
Turn the whole lot and mix well (but make sure rotting fruit etc end sup covered!) every week or two.
Do not include most cooked materials, especially meat/gravy/any fatty materials.
Feathers and tea bags are among the things you might not have thought of including.

Answer 8

Give Glasgow City Council a wee email - they dish out Compost making bins... glasgow.gov.uk

Answer 9

dig a hole in your garden sized as per your volume of waste.dig about four feet deep.fill it with garbage upto three feet and cover the hole with mud.check after three weeks you will have compost.

Answer 10

You don't need one of those bins it's just a rip off. Throw your raw food scraps in a pile and it will work just as well if not better than a bin. Only raw food not cooked, also egg shells can go in there too.