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Environment Section
Offaly County Council
Áras an Chontae
Charleville Road
Tullamore
Co. Offaly

Phone: 057 9357403
Fax: 057 9329230
Email:environmentdept@offalycoco.ie

Composting is the breakdown of organic material such as kitchen or garden waste by organisms that feed on the waste and convert it into an earth-like mass. The compost can then be used as a soil conditioner. Most garden waste, such as grass cuttings, hedge clippings, weeds, old plants and garden cuttings, vegetable wastes and fallen leaves can be composted. Kitchen waste like fruit and vegetable remains, tea bags and coffee grounds, flowers, crushed eggshells, newspaper and light cardboard can also be composted.

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Items that CAN be composted

  • Teabags
  • Coffee grounds
  • Egg cartons
  • Grass cuttings
  • Hedge clippings
  • Weeds
  • Old plants and garden cuttings
  • Vegetable wastes
  • Fallen leaves
  • Fruit and vegetable remains
  • Crushed egg shells
  • Newspapers
  • Light cardboard

Items that CANNOT be composted

  • Meat
  • Poultry
  • Fish
  • Cooked food
  • Cat and dog waste.
  • Non biodegradable items - plastic, metals