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Food and garden waste

When food and garden waste end up in landfill they rot, rather than composting. This produces harmful methane gas, and all the goodness of the food and garden waste is lost in the sealed landfill. In this section, we guide you through how you can compost at home, or the other options available if home composting is not for you.

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On average, half of what we put in our rubbish bins in Kāpiti each week is food and garden waste (as found in our 2017...
More options for organic waste
New Zealand families throw out about $560 worth of food each year – that's three shopping trolleys full. As a country,...
Compost bins
Everyone thinks they know about traditional home composting, but it can be a little different to what you've always...
Worm farms
Worm farms use composting worms (eg, tiger worms) to eat through a mixture of food scraps, garden waste, paper and...
Bokashi
Bokashi ferments or “pickles” your food waste with the help of a powdered culture. This fermentation decomposes food...
Composting dog poo
We’re all used to using plastic bags to pick up our dog’s poo when out and about, and when you’re looking at living more...
Composting weeds
Some weeds have roots, seeds or bulbs that can survive traditional home composting and will keep growing even from small...