With the weather getting better, what better way to spend sunny days than giving your garden a tidy now the cold is out? (if you’re lucky enough to have a garden, of course)
If you do plan on doing some gardening in the beautiful weather, please make sure you dispose of your garden waste responsibly. The Council doesn’t provide a kerb-side garden waste collection service (see why here: http://bit.ly/Wastewedontcollect ), but there are other solutions.
You can take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre (find your nearest HWRC here: http://bit.ly/AbshireHWRCs) or you can order a discounted compost bin from the Council (http://bit.ly/Composters).
Seasonal garden waste collection points operate right across Aberdeenshire throughout the summer months, for details see: http://bit.ly/Gardenwastecollectionpoints
Disposing of your garden waste correctly is far better for the environment – by sending it to landfill it will simply rot away, providing no value and contributing to the production of greenhouse gases.
Another way to deal with your garden waste is by taking part in a community composting scheme – see below for some information on local schemes.
Deveron Projects’ Compost Doctor
Advice on home composting to residents in Huntly area as part of a project growing food sustainably and questioning out current food system. For more information, contact townisthegarden@deveron-projects.com.
Johnshaven community composting scheme
The community composting scheme in Johnshaven is run by a group of volunteers. It provides a fortnightly collection of garden waste from residents in the village during the growing season from April until November. The compost made is used locally for various growing projects. For more information, see http://shark-johnshaven.btck.co.uk/Composting.
Tarland community composting scheme
Entirely run by volunteers, the community composting scheme in Tarland collects garden waste from households in the area fortnightly during the summer months. The garden waste is made into compost on a site provided by the MacRobert Trust and bagged to be used by residents. For more information, see http://www.tarland.org.uk/community/tarland-development-group/tarland-community-composting/.
