Home composting is one of the most effective actions you can take to reduce Methane (a highly potent greenhouse gas) and help the planet.

You will reduce your waste, reduce the air pollution by not having bonfires and reduce the need to water your garden. You will also increase your plant growth, and their health,  by replacing polluting and toxic chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

You can use your compost and leaf mould in potting mixtures, reducing the demand for fast-disappearing peat bogs.

More than one third of your dustbin could be recycled into compost. Why not recycle your grass clippings, hedge prunings and leaves - along with your kitchen left-overs such as tea bags, egg shells, vegetable and fruit peelings - to make a rich organic compost to use in your garden.

Trees, earthworms, butterflies and other flora and fauna will be thankful for your composting achievements.

Help to reduce the thousands of tonnes of waste that go to landfill sites in Devon every year by "doing your bit".