Composting

Composting workshops

We are planning to host some free home composting workshops. If you would be interested in attending one of these events, please register your interest with Streetscene using the contact details on the top right hand of the page and we will contact you with available sessions.

Can I have an extra brown garden waste bin?

Home Compost

Why not compost your garden waste at home to produce good quality, free soil improver for your garden?  It’s a great way to recycle your grass cuttings, small prunings, dead flowers and wind blown fruit.  You can also compost fruit and vegetable peelings from your kitchen and shredded paper!

Low cost compost bins
What can I compost?
Community composting
Wormeries

Low cost compost bins

As part of a scheme, which is being run in partnership with Straight plc, low price compost bins are available to residents from as little as £15 for a 220 litre Compost Converter or £18 for a 330 litre model.

A wide range of other home composters and composting accessories are also be available to Wirral residents, including wormeries, kitchen caddies and bases as well as water butts.

Residents can take advantage of these special offers by visiting the 'Get Composting' website. Alternatively, residents can order their home compost bins by calling 0844 571 4444. On this number, residents can also receive helpful composting tips and advice from the composting team on how to get started.

• Why Compost?
• Setting up your bin
• Making compost
• Using compost
• Seasonal composting tips are available to download on the right hand side of this page.
• Get Advice

What can I compost?

You can put the following materials in your home compost bin:

• Garden waste
• Vegetable peelings
• Fruit peelings
• Tea bags
• Coffee grounds
• Egg shells
• Some ripped up un-coated cardboard like toilet and kitchen rolls and egg cartons
• Dead flowers
• Leaves
• Shredded paper

Avoid larger garden branches – they would take a long time to rot (these can go in your brown garden waste bin)

For more information on composting, including how to get the correct mix of materials, visit Recycle Now

Community Composting

Interested in setting up a community composting scheme in your local area? There are many benefits for the environment, your community and training and employment.

For more information and a useful toolkit to assess the real value to your community of a composting scheme visit the Valuing Community Composting website.

Wormery

If you don’t have a garden, but want to compost your food scraps or waste from any plant pots or containers, a wormery could be the option for you!  Did you know that worms eat half their weight in food every day? They will gobble up vegetable peelings, cooked and uncooked food, tea bags, egg shells, paper towels, tissues, shredded paper and even the contents of your vacuum cleaner bag!

There are many varieties and sizes of wormeries available.  You can even buy a work top mini wormery that can sit on your worktop or windowsill.

Residents can purchase wormeries by visiting the 'Get Composting' website.