Residents’ compost bins offer

North Yorkshire residents are being offered discounted compost bins to help them to go green while making their gardens thrive.

The offer celebrates International Compost Awareness Week, which runs from May 1 to May 7.

Discounted compost bins can be bought for £12 or £15, and there is a buy one get one half-price offer. The larger £15 bins are also on sale at household waste recycling centres at Malton, Seamer Carr, Selby, Skipton, Northallerton, West Harrogate and Whitby, though there is no buy one get one halfprice deal at the centres.

The county council has also partnered with Great Green Systems to offer deals on food waste digesters and hot compost bins. These will take cooked food waste and meat scraps, which could help to eliminate food waste from your rubbish. North Yorkshire residents can get up to 40 per centoff.