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Why recycle?
- Composting is a great way to keep your garden waste out of landfill sites and to return something to Mother Nature. At the current rate, it is predicted that landfill in West Sussex will be full by 2009.
- During the first year of the Arun scheme (April 2005 – February 2006), 2,197 tonnes of garden waste were collected through the Green Waste Club. This helped Arun Council beat its target of sending 2,000 less tonnes of waste to landfill – that’s equivalent to the whole amount of waste produced in a year by 2,000 households in Arun!
- A Landfill Tax is charged on all waste sent to landfill and this is set to rise dramatically by 2010. Each tonne of garden waste collected for composting avoids Landfill Tax that would have been charged had the waste gone to landfill. All of the costs of waste disposal and the impact of the Landfill Tax are reflected in your annual Council Tax bills
- Local Authorities have been set recycling targets. Arun District Council’s target is to recycle and compost 30% of waste by 2005/2006. Both garden waste and other recyclables count towards the recycling target, and green waste is already playing an important part.
What happens to the Garden Waste?
Garden waste collected by the Green Waste Club is taken to a local composting facility where it is processed, using large-scale composting methods.
Finished compost is used in the ‘Earth Cycle’ compost range, which is certified by the Composting Association and approved by Organic Farmers and Growers. The Earth Cycle range is available to buy from the following local nurseries:
- Covers - Chichester and Bognor Regis
- Aldingbourne Nurseries
- Shopwhyke nurseries, near Oving
- Tawney Nurseries, Birdham
- Basket World, Maudlin, Chichester and Woodgate, Eastergate
The Earth Cycle range includes the following products:
- Compost mulch
- Multipurpose compost
- Organic cow compost
- Root zone
- Topsoil
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