Composting
Reduce your kitchen and garden waste by making great compost for your garden.
Composting is an environmentally friendly way of getting rid of organic waste from your kitchen and garden, giving you a completely natural, peat free compost to dig back into your garden or add to your potted plants.
By composting your own food and garden material you will be doing your bit to reduce waste, put less in your grey bin, save money, and create free goodies for your garden at the same time.
How to compost
There are some great resources available that show you how to compost garden and food waste and help you find the method that will suit you the best, whether you have a few plant pots or a big outdoor space. You can find out more at RHS: Composting or through a composter supplier such as Get Composting
Turning food waste into compost
We have partnered with Great Green Systems to offer Kirklees residents a reduced price on composters designed to break down kitchen scraps and food waste:
| Type of composter | Price |
|---|---|
| Green Johanna hot composter | £94.99 reduced from £144.99 |
| Green Johanna insulating jacket | £59.99 reduced from £74.99 |
| Green cone | £74.99 reduced from £199.99 |
Find low prices on wormeries and bokashi bins too.
How to order a composter
Order a composter from Great Green SystemsOther options for garden waste
Garden waste is not permitted in grey or green bins in Kirklees. We can collect it if you sign up for our Brown bin garden waste collection or request a garden waste bag collection.
- Brown bin garden waste service
- Request a garden waste bag collection.
- Take garden waste to one of our household waste recycling centres