What's in your green organics bin?

Your green organics bin is the place to put your garden and food waste. This includes compostable material such as lawn clippings; coffee grounds and leaves.These items GO in your green bin 

• Food waste e.g. coffee grounds, eggshells, fish, fruit and vegetable scraps, cheese, meat (raw or cooked).
• Garden waste e.g. branches, flowers, leaves, weeds, and untreated wood.

Tips:

• Place a stick under the lid in summer to prevent grass fires.

The following should NOT go in your organics bin:

• Plastic bags, wrap, strapping or plant pots.
• Fast food wrappers , bags and boxes with a plastic or wax coating. These go in your red bin.
• Ash (this can go in red bin)
• Treated wood, sawdust, wood shavings, large logs or stumps.
• Lawn clippings which have been sprayed with herbicides.
• Bricks and concrete.
• Flax, palm, cabbage tree and rhubarb leaves.
• Gravel  and dirt/soil/
• Metal objects.

Last updated: 25 Jan 2024