What we do with your green garden waste

Farington and Thornton Waste Recovery Parks WRP each have the facility to compost 55,000 tonnes of green garden waste per year.

Green garden waste is collected from your doorstep by your local waste collection authority and from there is delivered to the WRP.

Here it is shredded and then taken into the composting hall. Composting is a natural process in which bacteria and fungi, in the presence of air and water, convert biodegradable materials into stable substances.

The release of heat during the composting process causes the temperature of the composting material to rise to between 60^oC and 70^oC, effectively sanitising the material and drying the final product.

The composting process takes place over a number of weeks, and once finished, the resulting product can be bagged up and sold.