Autumn is a great time to get started in your garden. The leaves are falling and the wind is picking up. Many residents seize this moment to clean up the garden and get it ready for the coming months. With a few smart choices, you can keep your garden tidy and help reduce waste. This way, your garden stays healthy, and together we ensure a clean and pleasant living environment.
What do you do with all those leaves?
Leaves can go with the organic waste. Or use them as natural protection against frost. Scatter them around plants that are sensitive to cold, for example.
Leaves are also a good basis for homemade compost. By doing so, you turn garden waste into a rich nutrient medium for your plants. Want to make your own compost? Here is how:
Bulky garden waste: where can it go?
Not all garden waste fits or belongs in your GFT container. Rocks, thick branches, roots or pieces of wood, for example, do not belong there. You can take this type of bulky garden waste to the waste disposal site using your environmental pass. There, we process it properly so it can be reused. We are happy to list it for you:
- Coarse garden waste Use your environmental pass to take thick branches, tree stumps, roots and wood to the recycling centre
- Hard plastic from the garden Use your environmental pass to take watering cans, broken garden chairs or rain barrels to the recycling centre
- Small garden waste Grass, leaves, plants, small twigs and small quantities of earth or potting soil from flowerpots may be put in the GFT container
- Other small equipment Pebbles, hydro grains and broken flower pots belong in the residual waste.
Unsure where something belongs? In a separate blog article, we explain how to recognise bulky garden waste and where to take it. This way, you can always be sure you are doing the right thing and help create a clean and green living environment.
Garden waste: what belongs where?
Keeping the neighbourhood tidy together A tidy garden not only means less waste, but also a nice neighbourhood. By properly separating waste and raw materials together and properly disposing of garden waste, together we contribute to a clean and safe living environment.