What food can I put in my bin?

  • 'Greens'

    Quick to rot and provide important nitrogen and moisture.

    • teabagTea bags
    • Grass cutting
    • Vegetable peelings, salad leaves and fruit scraps
    • Old flowers and nettles
    • Coffee grounds and filter paper
    • Spent bedding plants
    • bananaRhubarb leaves
    • Young annual weeds
      (e.g. chickweed)

  • 'Browns'

    Slower to rot, provide carbon & fibre and allow air pockets to form.

    • eggboxCardboard
    • Egg boxes
    • Scrunched up paper
    • Fallen leaves
    • Sawdust
    • paperTwigs, branches and bark

  • Keep this out!

    Certain things should never be placed in your bin.

    • meatMeat
    • Cooked vegetables
    • Dairy products
    • Diseased plants
    • Dog poo or cat litter
    • cheeseNappies
    • Perennial weeds or weeds with seed heads
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