COUNCIL

Woodhall Spa Parish Council

Council Offices, 17 Stanhope Avenue, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, LN10 6RQ

Tel: (01526) 352461

Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the council chamber at the council offices. The public are welcome to put any questions to councillors and raise any issues from 7.15-7.30 pm and may listen in on the meeting if they wish, but are not permitted to speak during the formal session.

MP Sir Peter Tapsell

House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A OAA

The MP Sir Peter Tapsell (Conservative) can be contacted by writing to the address shown.

East Lindsey District Council

East Lindsey District Council, Tedder Hall, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 8UP

Tel: (01507) 601111
Tel: (0845) 6033310
Fax: (01507) 600206

District Councillors: David hill and Mick Harness

Waste Recycling Centres

KIRKBY ON BAIN, Tattershall Road, Kirkby on Bain, Lincs.
Site locations, links to maps and opening hours.

340,000 tonnes of waste are collected and disposed of in Lincolnshire each year.
This is a pile of rubbish bigger than Lincoln Cathedral and the amount is increasing each year by around 3%. Lincolnshire County Council is responsible for the disposal of all household and commercial waste collected by local district councils.
Over 80% of this waste currently goes for disposal in landfill sites. There is a need for increased reuse, recovery, recycling and composting to minimise the amount of waste that is thrown away.

Garden Waste

All garden waste including grass cuttings, prunings, leaves, hedge trimmings and vegetable waste from your kitchen can be recycled by composting.
Composting is a beneficial way of recycling organic garden waste, and is important for reducing the amount of household waste sent to landfill sites.
Even better is the fact that it turns waste into a valuable resource.

How to make compost

from the HDRA - the organic organisation

Making compost from garden and household waste is one of the best things any gardener can do. It's easy and costs very little in time or effort.
Making compost will help you reduce pollution - cut down that landfill! Your plants will grow healthier and look happier for it. It will save you money on fertilisers too.

What can I compost?

If it can rot, it will compost, but some items are best avoided. Some things, like grass mowings and soft young weeds, rot quickly. They work as 'activators' or 'hotter rotters', getting the composting started, but on their own will decay to a smelly mess.

Older and tougher plant material is slower to rot but gives body to the finished compost - and usually makes up the bulk of a compost heap. Woody items decay very slowly; they are best chopped or shredded first, where appropriate.

For best results, use a mixture of types of ingredient. The right balance is something you learn by experience.

Also see

Better Home Composting Centre for Alternative Technology

and The Royal Horticultural Society

and Envocare Compost Making and Organic Gardens