East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering food waste systems to residents at special prices after reaching agreements with two companies.
The scheme runs until 31 March, allowing residents to buy wormeries, kitchen caddies, home composters and bokashi buckets at reduced prices.
In addition, the first 200 residents to buy a wormery will be able to buy them for £53.90 instead of the normal price of £78.90 with the council subsidising the £25 reduction.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby, OBE, leader of the council, said: “Food waste is a problem for the East Riding. In the checks we undertook in July on the waste in the green bins, 2.5kg in each bin was food.
“Managing food waste is a challenge facing the whole of the UK, with one bag of shopping in every three being thrown away.”
He added: “Based on the success of this scheme and on the food waste trial we are currently running, we will put in place a longer-term scheme when this one ends in March.”
Subsidised Wormeries and Food Waste Systems
East Riding of Yorkshire Council in partnership with Green Cone Ltd is offering wormeries at a subsidised price to residents. The first 200 residents to buy a wormery will be able to buy them for £53.90 instead of the normal price of £78.90.
Please click on this link for more information on the wormery offer.
If you would like to order by phone or for more information please call 0800 731 2572 or order at:
www.greencone.com/home.asp?lang=1 (Enter your postcode in the discount box in the top left hand corner of the homepage).
Why compost?
Composting provides a way of reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Composting also provides a product that is useful for gardening, landscaping, or house plants.
As plants grow they remove nutrients from the soil. In nature this nutrient is replaced in the natural cycle of decaying organic matter. This layer of rich top-soil (which is so beneficial for our plants) is called humus.
In our gardens, however, we interrupt this cycle by removing unwanted organic matter (e.g. pruning, mowing our lawns and disposing of dead leaves). Without replacing this nutrient we can make the soil barren and infertile to all but the hardiest plant, leading often to the use of chemical fertilisers and feeds.
An excellent alternative, while keeping your garden tidy, is home composting of garden and organic household waste.
Organic waste can form up to a third of our weekly rubbish. This goes straight to landfill, fermenting and producing large quantities of the greenhouse gas, methane.
Where can I get a home composter?
In partnership with the council, Straight plc are offering the following home composters:
Converter 220 litre for £13.50 (RRP £39)
Converter 330 litre for £16.50 (RRP £49)
Kitchen Caddy 5 litre for £4.00
Kitchen Composter (Bokashi Unit) + Bran for £25
To place an order please call 0845 1306090 or visit www.eastriding.getcomposting.com
Household Waste Recycling Sites
Green waste can be disposed of at all the household waste recycling sites in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. We provide a range of facilities to help to ensure that as much household waste material as possible is recycled. Facilities are also provided for the proper disposal of other household rubbish. The sites are operated by Waste Recycling Group on behalf of the council - at the following locations.
Find out where your local sites are.
Further information
For further information on what facilities are available in your area please contact :
Daniel Knight
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Daniel.Knight@eastriding.gov.uk
01482 395631
Community composting
Community composting is the composting of biodegradable green waste by a number of residents from the local community at a local communal site. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is very to keen to help set up community composting schemes. It is a preferred way of disposing of green waste.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering “not for profit” groups or parish councils the chance to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to start a community composting scheme. In addition, a constituted community composting group which diverts household green waste from landfill will be given a payment per tonne of material collected, then an additional payment if they compost the material at their own site. This payment is known as a Community Composting Credit.
