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Composting in Hull

Recycling green garden waste is extremely important. Such organic waste can form up to a third of our weekly rubbish.

Put green waste into your refuse bin and it will go to landfill where it will rot, producing large quantities of the greenhouse gas, methane.

Please do not put garden waste into your refuse bin. If you can, please take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre where it will be composted.

 

Autumn leaves

An excellent alternative is to home compost which provides a way of reducing this waste and, at the same time, making a product that is useful for gardening, landscaping or house plants.

Composting replaces the nutrients that plants remove from the soil as food. Failure to replace this rich top-soil, humus, often leads to soil that is barren and infertile.

 

Where can I get a composter?

To encourage home composting, Hull City Council has a special offer of a free 220 litre home composter.

ecoMAX 220 litre
ecoMAX 220 litre - FREE
ecoMAX 330 litre
ecoMAX 330 litre - £10

Order your compost bin online or call 0845 076 0223 (charged at local rate).

Order online at the recyclenow website

 

What can I compost?

YES - Fruit scraps
YES - fruit scraps
Yes - Veg peelings
Yes - veg peelings
Yes - Garden clippings
Yes - garden clippings
Yes - Tea bags
Yes - tea bags
Yes - Grass cuttings
Yes - grass cuttings
Yes - Egg shells
Yes - egg shells
Yes - Old flowers
Yes - old flowers
Yes - Rhubarb leaves
Yes - rhubarb leaves
Yes - Hedge clippings
Yes - hedge clippings
Yes - Newspaper (scrunched up)
Yes - newspaper (scrunched up)
Yes - Shredded paper
Yes - shredded paper
Yes - Straw and hay
Yes - straw and hay
Yes -Cardboard
Yes -cardboard
Yes - Coffee grinds
Yes - coffee grinds
Yes - Wood ash
Yes - wood ash
Yes - Wood shavings
Yes - wood shavings
Yes - Wood chippings
Yes - wood chippings
Yes - Spent bedding plants
Yes - spent bedding plants
Yes - Cardboard egg boxes
Yes - cardboard egg boxes
Yes - Toilet roll tubes
Yes - toilet roll tubes
Yes - pet bedding
Yes - pet bedding

 

 

What CAN'T I compost?

No - cooked food
No - cooked food
No - Pet waste
No - pet waste
No - Coal and coke ash
No - coal and coke ash
No - Dairy products
No - dairy products
No - Disposable nappies
No - disposable nappies
No - Glossy magazines
No - glossy magazines
No - Meat and fish
No - meat and fish
No - Glass
No - glass
No - Tin cans
No - tin cans
No - Plastic
No - plastic
No - Bread
No - bread

 

 

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Garden waste can be taken to the Wilmington, Burma Drive and Wiltshire Road household waste recycling centres for composting.

We provide a range of facilities to ensure that as much household waste as possible is recycled.

 

Find out where your local site is

View further information on household waste recycling centres.