The UK's first animal by-products composting site will win official approval in January 2004, according to DEFRA. A government spokeswoman told letsrecycle.com that the State Veterinary Service is due ...

Start by separating food waste (meat, fish, bones, dairy products and general scraps, cooked or uncooked) from green waste (uncooked fruit, salad and vegetables, including peelings). Composting ...

The government has effectively ruled out today the use of any compost containing kitchen waste being spread on land in the UK. The position comes in a briefing note from DEFRA. In it the department ...

A compost pile in a second-floor flat may not be a practical solution to dealing with your food waste, but if you don't have a garden, a homemade wormery might just be the ticket For the first few ...

A ban on applying to the land compost made with kitchen waste is to be reviewed after a study for the Government found yesterday that the risks posed are "acceptably low". The ban, which caused a ...

The best gardeners know the simple truth about compost: It’s better than fertilizer when it comes to providing a nutrient-rich growing environment for plants. Composting is easy and inexpensive, and ...

The scale of global food waste is staggering; in 2022, 1.05 billion tonnes ended up in landfills, incinerators or sewers. And over 60% of this waste originated from households, primarily kitchens. Yet ...

The most practical and economical way of solving the solid waste problem is to entrust the responsibility of sorting and disposing of the biodegradable waste with the waste generator himself, ...

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