{"id":636933,"date":"2026-06-13T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636933\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:00:09","slug":"major-changes-to-guernseys-garden-waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/636933\/","title":{"rendered":"Major changes to Guernsey&#8217;s garden waste recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Residents are to be offered free compost amid huge changes to the way Guernsey recycles garden waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The States of Guernsey said the new approach, known as windrow composting, delivers &#8220;a more uniform and nutrient-rich soil&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Each year thousands of tonnes of grass cuttings, hedge trimmings and leaves are brought to Guernsey&#8217;s green waste facility at Mont Cuet. This waste will now be processed into &#8220;superior&#8221; compost. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Douglas Button, Guernsey Waste&#8217;s minimisation and sustainability officer, said: &#8220;This is a great example of the circular economy in action &#8211; turning the island&#8217;s garden waste into something people can use for free with confidence to improve their soil and support local growing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Windrow composting is a method of turning garden or food waste into compost by arranging it in long, narrow piles and regularly turning it to help it break down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Button added the new compost is a superior product to what was being produced before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents are to be offered free compost amid huge changes to the way Guernsey recycles garden waste. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-636933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}