Composting in Hull
Why compost?
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.
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 FREE! |
 ecoMAX 330 litre £10.00 |
Order your compost bin online at www.recyclenow.com/compost
or call 0845 077 0757 (charged at local rate).
What CAN I put in my composter?
 Fruit scraps |
 Vegetable Peelings |
 Garden prunings |
 Tea bags |
 Grass cuttings |
 Egg shells |
 Old flowers |
 Rhubarb leaves |
 Hedge clippings |
 Newspaper (scrunched up) |
 Shredded paper |
 Straw and hay |
 Cardboard |
 Coffee grounds |
 Wood ash |
 Wood shavings |
 Wood chippings |
 Spent bedding plants |
 Cardboard egg boxes |
 Toilet roll tubes |
Pet bedding |
What CAN'T I put in my composter?
 Cooked food |
 Cat and dog waste |
 Coal and coke ash |
 Dairy products |
 Disposable nappies |
 Glossy magazines |
 Meat and fish |
 Glass |
 Tin cans |
 Plastic |
 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
For further information on what facilities are available in your area see Household waste recycling centres.
