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Worms and compost

The HOTBIN team were recently asked if the partially composted material in the base of the HOTBIN could be moved out and placed in a wormery. Worms will eat both old or new organic plant & food waste.  We are not sure what benefit you get by taking waste from ...

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HOTBIN on Love your Garden

HOTBIN made a special appearance on the new series of Love Your Garden on Tuesday 30 July at 8pm on ITV1. Love your Garden is an Alan Titchmarsh programme featuring fabulous garden make-overs for some very special people, it aims to inspire you to get out there and love your ...

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Composting Houttunyia

Alec is new customer. His son bought him the HOTBIN for a birthday present. Five weeks in he is happily composting garden waste at 120F (50C) – great stuff However his garden has been invaded with Houttunyia – as fast as he pulls it out, it grows back. What he wants to know ...

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What size is the HOTBIN composter

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT BUYING A HOTBIN COMPOSTER AND YOU WANT TO SEE IF IT WILL SQUEEZE IN A CORNER THIS POST IS FOR YOU! The HOTBIN is about the size of a standard 250 litre (black/blue/brown/green) wheelie bin.  Dimensions Outer: 550 width x 625 depth x 1145 height ...

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Can I compost tea bags?

Can I compost tea bags? There is something about this composting question – it keeps coming back –  it was on the Radio’s 2 Simon Mayo Drivetime today. Here is an answer that deserves reading our a cup of tea! You may remember the HOTBIN composter featured on Simon’s Drivetime ...

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How To Compost All Food Waste – And Save The World!

How To Compost All Food Waste – And Save The World! It is easy to home compost vegetable peelings, tea bags, coffee grinds – but they typically only account for 35% of domestic food waste. The other 65%* (meat, fish, cooked food leftovers, mouldy bread, plate scrapping, chicken bones, cakes, ...

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Who Does What in the Compost Heap – the Decomposers

There are many different forms of life active within a compost heap. Below is a quick overview of who is living in your compost heap and what they are doing. There are chemical decomposers: Micro organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes.  These account for most of the decomposition that takes place ...

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HOW TO CHOOSE A COMPOST BIN

You can compost for nothing ( zero pounds / dollars) by piling your garden and food waste up in a corner. How do you decide whether to pay 20, 60, 185 or even 900 pounds (yes really!) for a compost bin? You ‘justify’ the cash by convincing yourself of the ...

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