The garden waste collected by this service is
composted into soil improver, instead of being sent to landfill.
Biodegradable garden waste buried at landfill sites rots without
oxygen producing large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse
gas, that contributes to climate change.
The garden waste you put in your brown bin for collection
is taken to the composting facilities at Dogsthorpe where it is
bulked up and then taken to the Organic Recycling Ltd compost site
at Crowland.
Here the material is shredded and formed into
large rows called 'windrows' for composting . The windrows
are turned regularly to ensure an even mixture, to provide aeration
and to control temperature and moisture. This ensures the
material is in its optimum state to compost. This process takes
around 12-16 weeks.
Once the process is complete, the composted
waste is bagged up and sold as a 100% recycled soil
conditioner/compost (alternative to peat based products) which can
be purchased at the Householders Recycling Centre at Dogsthorpe and
Helpston Garden Centre.
For more information on the composting process
and a list of stockists please visit
Organic Recycling Ltd.