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Green Waste

Build a compost bin

Building your own at-home compost kit is a great way to manage garden waste and turn it into fodder for the garden. Ideally, you'll want to keep it away from the house in an area with efficient drainage. You also want to build it on soil, not concrete. As you stock it with garden waste and organic kitchen waste too, the decomposition process will occur. The result over time will be a rich material that's dark in colour and can be used to help your plants thrive. Woody stems have a high carbon content and can take time to decompose, so you can build a separate compost bin or shred them before you add them.

For more information on how to stop wasting food, visit Love Food Hate Waste.

Recycle with others

If you can't effectively compost yourself, then you can research your local composting facility or garden waste recycling programme. You could also join together with local residents or neighbours and build a community compost site. This could be a communal facility where you can all help to safely recycle garden waste and create something together.

However environmentally conscious you are, there are ways in which you can play a part in effectively recycling your garden waste. Consider grass-cycling or creating a compost bin to dispose safely of outdoor waste. If you don't have the time or space to build a compost bin, then look into local garden waste recycling facilities and do your part to recycle your waste rather than wasting it.

For more information on recycling, visit Recycle NZ.

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