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Home composting

Home composting is rewarding and fun! Composting is a natural process which involves bacteria, fungi and invertebrates breaking down organic waste and converting it into a rich and useful soil like material.

Why should you home compost?

Find out why you should home compost

Choosing a Compost Bin

Find out which composting unit best suits you and your family.

Reduced Price Composting Units And Water Butt Kits

Find out about the offers available to Wealden residents on composting units and water butt kits.

Home Composting Advice

Includes details on how to get started, what you can and can't compost, problem solving (preventing rats, dry compost, bad smells etc) and how to use your finished product.

Further Free help and advice can be obtained from the East Sussex County Council's Compost Doctors providing you live in East Sussex. The Compost Doctors can be contacted on

Tel: 01273 482995 or
Email: compostdoctor@eastsussex.gov.uk

Alternative Ways to Dispose of your Garden Waste

Find out others ways to dispose of your garden waste