Big rush for compost bins at Cross Hands
More than 100 compost bins were sold every hour in a special one-day sale compost bin sale organised by the council.
The compost bins were available for the public to buy at a subsidised price of just £5.
The sale was held at the Co-op car park in Cross Hands and in total 465 compost bins were sold in four hours.
The aim was to encourage householders to go green home compost their garden and kitchen waste.
Known as ‘nature’s way of recycling’, composting waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings, teabags and eggshells helps to reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill as well as creating rich compost to perk up our gardens.
Home composting is also one of the most environmentally-friendly and cost-effective ways of dealing with garden waste.
Waste minimisation/recycling officer Karen McNeil said: “The sale was a great success, despite the rain. We were amazed by the number of bins we sold in just four hours. It was a great central location for most of the county and we would like to thank the Co-op for allowing us to use their car park. Hopefully, we can make it annual event.”
Carmarthenshire County Council is encouraging residents to reduce, reuse and recycle as we can no longer throw everything away as rubbish.
The county has to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill in order to meet tough new targets. Failure to do so will result in large financial penalties running into millions of pounds.
Chair of the council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee Councillor Jim Jones said: “We must all do our best to reduce our waste and recycle more and the huge amount of kitchen and garden waste we generate can easily be turned into high quality compost using a home compost bin.”
For those who couldn’t make it on the day, compost bins can be purchased from the council for just £10 including delivery. For further information call Carmarthenshire Direct on 01267 234567.
The compost bins were available for the public to buy at a subsidised price of just £5.
The sale was held at the Co-op car park in Cross Hands and in total 465 compost bins were sold in four hours.
The aim was to encourage householders to go green home compost their garden and kitchen waste.
Known as ‘nature’s way of recycling’, composting waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings, teabags and eggshells helps to reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill as well as creating rich compost to perk up our gardens.
Home composting is also one of the most environmentally-friendly and cost-effective ways of dealing with garden waste.
Waste minimisation/recycling officer Karen McNeil said: “The sale was a great success, despite the rain. We were amazed by the number of bins we sold in just four hours. It was a great central location for most of the county and we would like to thank the Co-op for allowing us to use their car park. Hopefully, we can make it annual event.”
Carmarthenshire County Council is encouraging residents to reduce, reuse and recycle as we can no longer throw everything away as rubbish.
The county has to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill in order to meet tough new targets. Failure to do so will result in large financial penalties running into millions of pounds.
Chair of the council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee Councillor Jim Jones said: “We must all do our best to reduce our waste and recycle more and the huge amount of kitchen and garden waste we generate can easily be turned into high quality compost using a home compost bin.”
For those who couldn’t make it on the day, compost bins can be purchased from the council for just £10 including delivery. For further information call Carmarthenshire Direct on 01267 234567.
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