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  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    phoenixgreen

    5 Stars Compost - the gardeners gold dust! 02/09/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT WAY TO SAVE THE WORLD

    Disadvantages Disadvantages REQUIRES A TINY AMOUNT OF SPACE AND EFFORT

    *****COMPOST***** In 2004-2005, 29.7 million tonnes of rubbish was produced by residents of England. That's a lot of baked bean cans and loo roll tubes! Almost ¾'s of this huuuuuge amount was disposed of in Landfill. Landfill is literally just that - great big holes in the ground where the council puts all our household waste. So what does 29.7 million tonnes look like? Well … One tonne is equal to nearly sixty thousand Christmas cards. I'll let you do the maths on that, but you know what? That's an awful big lot of Christmas cards. There are lots of ways to reduce this horrible but ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 daylehall

    Member since 02/07/2004

    Reviews written: 255

    5 Stars Wanna Get Dirty?? 25/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Less household waste, encourages bugs into the garden

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can get messy!

    I am all for re-cycling and I believe that every household should try and do their bit to save the environment. I also believe that local councils make it much easier for us to do this. I grew up in the countryside and moved into my own house around five years ago. I live in a town house, with a fairly small garden, half of which is paved and half of which is lawned. I didn't really pay much attention to my garden for the first few years of living here as to be honest, I was more focused on decorating the inside of the house, and when I moved in, my garden was a total mess. Two years ago, my ... more
  • 70 of 70 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Kukana

    Member since 12/08/2003

    Reviews written: 271

    5 Stars The Lazy Person's Guide to Composting 26/01/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Recycles kitchen and garden waste, provides organic fertiliser at no cost

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes a little time and effort

    • What is compost? Compost is the residue of organic wastes, such as vegetable parings or plant clippings, used as garden fertiliser. You can pay significant amounts to buy it in bags, ready-made, or you can make your own at no cost at all. While some people put a huge amount of time and effort into their compost heaps, my approach is more laid-back and relaxed. • Why use compost? If you have a garden, and particularly if you grow fruit and vegetables, it's important to fertilise the soil to provide the nutrients needed by the plants. There are various ways of doing this; in the past I've used ... more
  • 76 of 76 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 debmercury

    Member since 17/02/2008

    Reviews written: 72

    4 Stars How To Compost 10/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great For The Environment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Anyone can compost, it's very easy and helps the environment. Tonnes of garden and kitchen waste are thrown away every year when it could be composted. You can buy lots of different compost bins, mine is a plastic one with a lid and a hole at the bottom with a sliding cover to get your compost out. It is a good idea to have a smaller caddy in your kitchen, so you don't have to keep going to the garden one. Compost bins come in all shapes and sizes so if you only have a small space you could get a smaller one. Making your own compost is a bit like making a recipe for good results you have to ... more
  • 51 of 51 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Sarahjh1

    Member since 02/11/2008

    Reviews written: 452

    5 Stars It is amazing what you can put on that Heap. 31/03/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It saves waste and you end up with very cheap compost.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None, unless you count the smell if the weather gets hot!

    Having a compost heap in your back garden is good common sense. Composting is an excellent way of utilising waste that would otherwise be consigned to the bin and after all why fill the waste bin when you can put it to a very good use. A compost heap is easy to start but if you have never composted before then there are a few golden rules that must be remembered. Any compost heap consists of two key groups, the `greens` and the `browns`. The green matter has a high water content and it rots away quite quickly while the brown matter tends to be dry and it takes far longer to break down. If you ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    CaptainKidd

    5 Stars Let nature help your garden . 09/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Enviromentally friendly

    Disadvantages Disadvantages the flies

    Our world is dying - too much polution , too much production , too much waste . The effects of the industrial revolution of the late 1800's whilst being over 100 years ago , are now showing the signs of catostrophy . Just think of what has happened since then and imagine the impact for our offspring of the future . Today people are starting to take notice and the buzz words of today are recycling , sustainable and re-usable. Councils are under enormous pressure to encourage recycling and everyone should participate . I do my bit do you ? Living in PLymouth , our council recycles paper ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    poggypaws

    5 Stars Black Plastic Compost monster 03/12/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Environmentally friendly and FUN

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes up space, can attract flies (and worms)

    I'd always liked the theory of recycling garden waste by making compost, but having a very small garden and a council who obligingly took everything you can fit in the bin, I never quite got round to it. Then last year, Runnymede council decided to start recycling, and along with the instructions for newspapers (in the blue bag) bottles (in the blue box), came an offer of a black plastic composter, delivered to your door for only £10 Never able to resist a bargain, I bought two, one for myself, and one for my sister as well. She immediately started and has now been chucking stuff in for 18 ... more
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