People queue for half-price compost bins

A TOTAL of 363 compost bins were sold in a special half-price compost bin sale held during Compost Awareness Week.

The one-off sale was organised by Carmarthenshire County Council’s waste section at the Co-op car park in Cross Hands.

The compost bins were available to county residents only at a subsidised price of just £5.

The aim was to encourage householders to go green by home composting their garden and kitchen waste.

Council waste minimisation/recycling officer Karen Fulham said: “Many people don’t realise how simple it is to home compost or just how much of their household waste can actually be composted. As well as autumn leaves, grass and hedge clippings, vegetable peelings and egg shells, you can put shredded cardboard, tea bags and even the contents of your vacuum cleaner into your compost bin.

“This is the third time we have held a compost bin sale and it was another great success. It was a central location for most of the county and we would like to thank the Co-op for allowing us to use their car park.”

Carmarthenshire County Council is encouraging residents to reduce, reuse and recycle as we can no longer throw everything away as rubbish. The county has strict targets to meet to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill and increase its recycling rate.

For those who can’t make it on the day, compost bins can be purchased from the council for just £10 including delivery. For further information visit www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/recycling or call Carmarthenshire Direct on 01267 234567

CAPTION: First in the queue for a compost bin was Carl Evans from Abergwili; there to help were council environmental technician Glen Richards and Dorian Lee from Tidy Towns.

Picture: Jeff Connell.