City to Soil Compost for sale
City to Soil Compost is sold as A grade compost for $90 per cubic metre and B grade compost for $70 per cubic metre.
Note: Due to testing requirements and processing logistics, compost is only available from time to time.
Waste Services would like to again thank residents for keeping plastics out of their kitchen caddies and 240L City to Soil wheelie bin. Less plastic contamination in the food and garden waste results in better quality compost and less waste to landfill.
Compostable Green Bags
To encourage people to use the City to Soil service, residents are provided with a MaxAir food scraps bin with an initial free roll of compostable biobags. Replacement rolls of the green biobags are available from Council's Customer Service staff at 135 Rusden Street for the subsidised price of $3 per roll. We require these BioBags to be used, rather than other purchased bags that are not necessarily made of the correct material and might not be compostable.
City to Soil BioBags are made from a compostable resin called Mater-Bi, which is an innovative family of bioplastics that uses substances obtained from plants such as non-genetically modified corn starch and compostable polymers.
How to make the most of your City to Soil compost
When added to existing soils/ gardens, composts result in an increase in soil carbon (humus) promoting increase in beneficial soil microbes and fungi and hence greater nutrient cycling. Soil carbon also increases water holding capacity of soils and improves soil structure, which in turn promotes plant growth. City to Soil compost is not intended to be used as a complete soil replacement.
If you intend to plant directly into City to Soil compost it is highly recommended that you allow the planting beds to mature (1-2 months) prior to sowing/ transplanting. You will need to pay particular attention to nitrogen deficiencies (yellowing of leaves) as no nutrients/amendments are added to City to Soil compost. By allowing your beds to mature along with adding either organic or inorganic fertilisers rich in nitrogen, you will ensure the best plant responses.
Become Part of the Solution.
How to use your MaxAir bin:
You have been given a one-year supply of compostable biobags. Please use these in your MaxAir food scraps bin. The bags and bin minimise odours by allowing the contents to breathe.
When the bag is full, simply tie the corners together and place it into your green waste wheelie bin, along with your garden waste. Please do not use plastic bags as an alternative, even if they are labelled 'bio-degradable'. They will not break down with our composting method.
Please use your biobags and MaxAir bin for:
- any raw or cooked food
- tea bags
- coffee grounds
- fruit and vegetables
- peelings
- leftovers
- meat
- fish
- cooking oil (cool oil from a fry pan can just be soaked up in paper town and then placed into the MaxAir Bin)
- used tissues
- paper towels
We cannot compost:
- bottle tops
- glass
- plastics
- metals
- medicines
- chemicals
Please use your City to Soil wheelie bin for:
- kitchen waste in your biobag
- clean, loose green waste such as leaves, branches, prunings and grass clippings
- soiled, wet paper
- pizza boxes
- dog and cat litter in a compostable bag or wrapped in paper
- paper and cardboard takeaway containers
Please DO NOT use your City to Soil wheelie bin for:
- nappies
- cigarette butts
- glass
- plastics
- metals
- gardening tools
- chemicals
- fertilisers
- insecticides
- weed poisons
- any toxic or dangerous susbstances
Your bin may be checked to make sure there are no contaminants that could damage our machinery, make a mess on a farmer's property or ruin the compost. Remember, this product will be handled by staff during the composting process.
For more information contact the Waste Transfer Station on 02 6772 7090.
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