compost: DIY recycling

Compost is one of my favourite garden activities and topics of discussion. I’ve been composting for years and my kitchen scraps and garden waste all go into the mix which is home to many of the animals in my life – of the invertebrate persuasion.

My local council is in the process of changing their Waste Collection and Recycling Services and as far as I can make out composting isn’t a part of the new strategy. Composting was undertaken in the previous Single Bin Recycling system, but I’d like to see the City of Stirling encourage composting on an individual basis. South Australia is recognised for its progressive waste management and recycling. Local councils promote composting of food scraps, both at a household level with a kitchen bench-top system for composting kitchen waste and at a municipal level with a green organics bin for garden and kitchen waste.

farming earthworms

All my garden waste and kitchen scraps go into my worm farm or compost bins. These provide nutrients for my garden beds so I can grow vegies which I then eat – recycling at its best.

it’s all garbage

My local council the City of Stirling is in the process of changing their Waste Collection and Recycling Services. I’ve been meaning to blog about this since March when I found out the City of Stirling no longer sorted rubbish from the Single Bin Recycling system, even though the Council hadn’t bothered telling anyone. I’ve broken the topic into a number of posts and will upload them in the coming weeks, just to space out the garbage.

• Worm Farms: recycling kitchen waste
• Green Waste: compost DIY recycling
• Recycling
• General Waste & Landfill
• Single Bin Recycling: pros and cons