The Recycle for Cornwall campaign has been developed to raise public awareness of recycling and to provide consumers with a compelling reason to recycle.
Nearly 1/3 of the average household bin is filled with kitchen waste for example plate scrapings, fruit and veg scraps, out of date food, teabags, etc. If it is thrown away in the bin it will end up being dumped in a landfill site where it takes up a huge amount of space.
When this type of waste decomposes in a landfill site where it has no air, it produces methane which is a dangerous ‘greenhouse’ gas. It also produces chemicals, called leachates, which can pollute the local land and water if they are not very carefully looked after.
Kitchen waste is often talked about in conjunction with green waste from our gardens and this is because they are both types of organic waste and can be recycled in similar ways; including home composting, wormeries, digesters and more. More information on organic waste and how to recycle it will be availbale soon.
Currently there is a special offer available for schools in Cornwall to receive up to 3 compost bins + kitchen caddies for use in their school for FREE!! Email helen@recycleforcornwall.org.uk for more information.
Did you know?
Worms are brilliant at making compost and they compost quickly: they can eat up to half their own body weight in waste every day!!
Compost and soil are not dead, they are living things. In fact there are more micro-organisms in a teaspoonful of soil than there are humans alive on the planet.
Soil with not much compost in it can blow away in the wind very easily. Putting compost in your soil feeds the soil and makes it strong and healthy.
The best gardeners know that gardening is not the art of cultivating good plants, but of cultivating good soil.
An average household in Cornwall throws away 330kg of organic waste each year, which is equivalent to 4762 banana skins!!!
