What even IS Green Waste?
Green waste comprises of two main categories: Kitchen Scraps and Garden Clippings. The aim is to compost these waste products to create healthy soil additives and redirect waste from landfill.
Products that aren't included in these types of green waste are meat products, animal bones, large branches, rocks, soil or any non organic material.
Below are a bunch of ways that you we can manage home and small businesses green waste;
(You should know by now I love me some dot points!)
Buy less food - seems obvious but lets be honest, it’s not always gonna happen!
Chickens - chicken keeping tips | chicken poo fact sheet | building a chook run
Worm farms - fun fact sheet & fun video
Home composting - fun video and fact sheet
Green council bins - not suitable for kitchen scraps, only garden green waste. Also, not all councils in Australia have green bins available to residents
Local Resource Recovery Facility aka The Tip - along with general landfill and recycling bays, most tips have a garden green waste section which also take large branches.
Use a mulcher to turn branches and leaves into garden mulch
Community garden compost bins - Brisbane City Council Locations
Compost Apps - sharewaste.com
Bokashi Bin - helpful info
Do you know of more ways to manage green waste? - Let me know!
