Many more of us are taking to composting our kitchen or garden waste. Composting offers an alternative to sending waste to landfill, can be food and shelter for wildlife in your garden and offers a great growing medium for your plants.

Learn more

• Download our How to make Compost factsheet which explains why to compost, what to compost, how to compost and how to use compost
  
• Download our Composting FAQ which gives useful questions and answers you may have when composting
  

Further info

• Take a look at our Gardening without peat page

Useful links

• Community Composting Network