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Vegetable peelings, fruit skins, eggshells, teabags and other
plant-derived kitchen waste, together with grass clippings,
many weeds and soft prunings, can be recycled and returned
to the soil through composting. This technique offers an environmentally
friendly alternative to adding waste to ever expanding rubbish
tips or burning it.
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Kew’s compost heaps convert
garden waste into a valuable source of organic material
for use around the gardens.
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• provides plant nutrients
• improves the soil structure so that air, water and nutrients
are retained, thus improving growing conditions. It also
helps to retain heat, which lengthens the growing season
• encourages worms which condition the soil and are a part
of the food chain for birds, hedgehogs and other animals
• does not contain any unnatural ingredients or harmful
chemicals
• is a cost-effective alternative to manure and artificial
fertilisers
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