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Some online services unavailable on Saturday 23 November and Monday 25 November

Due to essential maintenance some of our online services will be unavailable over the next few days.

  • On Saturday 23 November between 9am–5pm you will be unable to view your council tax, council tax support and housing benefits accounts or documents while we upgrade our systems.
  • On Monday 25 November between 6–11pm our online parking services will be unavailable. During this time, you won’t be able to review or pay for parking tickets or buy parking permits or visitor vouchers.

We are sorry for any inconvenience while we carry out these necessary works.

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Composting at home

What is compost?

  • Compost is a rich, dark soil-like material you can produce by mixing together natural produce such as unwanted garden material and organic kitchen waste. 

  • It acts a s a naturel fertiliser and is full of nutrients to use on your garden.

Why compost?

  • Collecting and disposing of food and garden waste as rubbish is expensive and time consuming.

  • Greenhouse gases such as methane are produced if food and garden waste are compressed without air in a landfill.

  • Composting at home, where air can reach your food and garden waste as it breaks down, significantly minimises the amount of methane produced.

The council offers a subsidy for compost bins and wormeries. Visit Get Composting website for more information.

How to compost

Follow this link for a home composting step by step guide.

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