Garden and Kitchen Waste


For more information, please contact Environmental Services:

Telephone: 01638 719284
Email: envhealth@forest-heath.gov.uk

Recycle logoUp to 30% of household rubbish can be composted instead of going to our landfills, making a useful product for your garden at the end of it! Composting reduces rubbish and re-uses organic materials.

When organic matter is buried in a landfill site, the airless conditions prevent natural composting processes. The materials ferment, producing both toxic liquids that can leach into nearby groundwater and methane - an explosive, potent contributor to the greenhouse effect.

In Forest Heath, it is very easy to compost your garden and kitchen waste using one of the following three options:

 

How to manage your garden and kitchen waste

Further details

1 Use the brown bin provided by the council

CLICK HERE

 

2 Take it to your local Household Waste and Recycling Site

CLICK HERE

 

3 Try composting your waste at home

CLICK HERE

 


Further information and advice


Additional information is available from the following website(s):

DEFRA
My Neighbourhood
Forest Heath District Council
District Offices
College Heath Road
Mildenhall
Suffolk IP28 7EY
Tel: +44(0)1638 719000
Out of hours emergency number for all Forest Heath District Council services
01284 763252