You can put loads of everyday waste items in your compost bin. To get the best compost, add a balance of 'Green' and 'Brown' items.

Greens

• Tea bags;
• Grass cuttings;
• Vegetable peelings;
• Old flowers;
• Fruit scraps;
• Nettles;
• Coffee grounds & filter paper;
• Old bedding plants;
• Pond algae & seaweed.

Browns

• Egg shells �?crush them first;
• Egg boxes;
• Cereal boxes;
• Corrugated cardboard packaging;
• Newspaper �?scrunched up;
• Toilet & kitchen roll tubes;
• Garden prunings;
• Dry leaves, twigs & hedge clippings;
• Straw & hay;
• Bedding from vegetarian pets;
• Wool;
• Ashes from wood, paper or lumpwood charcoal;
• Cotton threads;
• String;
• Tumble dryer lint �?from natual fibre clothes such as cotton or wool;
• Shredded paper.