Garden Waste Articles & Analysis
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Of late, machines claiming to turn fresh food waste into ‘compost’ within six hours at low temperatures of about 40-50°C. have been attracting buyers’ attention. ...
REA call for HGV drivers to be recognised as an important shortage occupation with a two-year derogation to the points-based immigration rules for trained HGV drivers; Estimated shortfall of 100,000 HGV drivers across the UK economy; REA says government measures to increase testing of new drivers will not be sufficient to meet demand in the short term; Food and ...
Total waste management specialist Levenseat Ltd has installed a new UNTHA S40 shredder as the Lanark-based business gears up to process 42,000 tonnes of garden and food waste mix, over the coming year. The eco-conscious organisation – headquartered in Forth, Lanark – was already equipped to handle an array of waste ...
Find new ways to reduce your waste—eat more fruits and vegetables with compostable scraps and use fewer packaged snacks. ...
Cow dung is a derived product from wastes produced by cattle, providing high levels of organic materials and rich in nutrients, including about nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium as well as many other essential nutrients. ...
For compost – made from recycled green garden waste and food waste – the research shows it builds levels of soil organic matter1 more quickly than other organic materials, such as farmyard manure, which will help deliver stronger and more resilient crops. ...
Following the recent hot weather combined with the closure of other composting sites, Biowise has received an unusually high volume of household garden waste which has resulted in a backlog of material waiting to be processed. As advised by our industry regulator, the Environment Agency, we have temporarily stopped accepting garden ...
The waste is gradually shredded by the segmented floor and the process also ensures that the waste is constantly in motion. ...
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A Hertfordshire local authority is giving residents the chance to purchase home composters at a discounted rate to encourage them to dispose of their kitchen and garden waste in an environmentally friendly way. Broxbourne Borough Council is offering the composter units at £19 and also giving people who buy one, the opportunity to purchase a second one half ...
The £6 million facility, operated by Natural World Products, will be capable of recycling 60,000 tonnes of household bio-waste, such as food and garden waste, into high quality compost. This will be used as top soil for some of Ireland’s leading golf courses, as well as being sold in garden centres as Rosey Lee Compost. Mr ...
The 2007/08 report, put together by AFOR and the Waste & Resources Action Programme, showed 4.5 million tonnes of source segregated waste was composted in the UK with half of this sold on and industry reporting turnover of more than £165m in the year to April 2008. ...
Cockram was critical of local authority food waste collections, especially in rural areas. He said that food waste trucks will create “bigger carbon footprints” and “40 per cent of food waste goes in the residual bin rather than the separate food waste bin anyway.” ...
The Scottish Government is urging people to help reduce waste during Compost Awareness Week by taking up composting as a greener way of disposing of their garden and kitchen waste. The week runs from 3 May to 9 May and aims to encourage more people to take up home composting by purchasing discounted compost bins through the ...
This facility would have processed material from Aylesbury Vale District Council’s cardboard, food and garden waste. Buckinghamshire County Council councillor Martin Tett said: “After duly considering all the facts, we have decided to end the current tendering process to build a new in-vessel composting facility in the north of the county. ...
To meet the rising demand for bioenergy, researchers estimated sources of potential fuel in Catalonia, Spain, from forest trees, shrubs and dead material, industry and manufacturing, agricultural crops, furniture and garden waste. Three options were proposed in the focus groups for the conversion of this material into bioenergy: construction of small plants ...
Farmers and growers can find out more about the benefits of quality compost, thanks to a new booklet launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). The booklet, entitled Using Quality Compost to Benefit Crops, provides comprehensive information about the many benefits of using and applying quality BSI PAS 100 compost made from garden and food ...