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Archive for September 24th, 2008

Discount composter – savings all round!

September 24, 2008 By: missthrifty Category: Garden, Uncategorized, Waste Not, eco 5 Comments →

Our new composter arrived today. It looks like this:

composter 219x300 Discount composter   savings all round!

We have put it out in the garden, behind the shed. You dump the peelings etc. in the top, and scoop out the resulting compost through the sliding hatch at the bottom. This is a family-sized bin and it’s massive: I think it will take us a year to fill it!

Not only is it eco-friendly, it only cost us £20.00 including delivery! Our county council (North Yorkshire) is subsidising the costs of all home composters purchased by residents.

We bought it from the website recyclenow.com; if you are reading this in the UK, enter your postcode into the site’s homepage to find out if you can get money off too. You can also enter a competition to win £100 of gardening vouchers.

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