Council's Carnaby compost giveaway

The council will be hosting a number of giveaway events, including one at Carnaby on Saturday 19 May.

Officials will be handing out bags at the council depot on Carnaby Industrial Estate from 10am.

Residents are being invited to go along to their local event to collect two free 15kg bags of compost per car, which will be placed in their vehicles by council staff.

People are asked not to queue at the venue beforehand or they may be turned away for safety reasons.

The giveaways will end when all the bags have been handed out on a first come first served basis.

All the compost being given away has been recycled from the food and garden waste East Riding residents have put in their brown bins.

All cooked and uncooked food, peelings, plate scrapings, bones, meat, egg shells, grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, small branches, leaves, flowers and weeds placed in the brown bins gets recycled into quality compost.

Around 5,000 bags of compost will be given away free to residents at the 10 events across the East Riding.

Councillor Symon Fraser, the council’s portfolio holder for strategic asset management, housing and environment, said: “The council has been running the compost giveaways for a number of years as a gesture of thanks to residents for their fantastic efforts in recycling their rubbish.

“The East Riding has the highest recycling rate in England and that’s down to the support of residents.

“It’s great that the recycled garden and food waste can go to good use and return to people’s gardens as compost.”

If Bridlington residents cannot attend the event at Carnaby, the council is also holding two other giveaways in travelling distance of the town: One at Hornsea’s Broadway Car Park on Tuesday 22 May at 4pm and another at Driffield Showground on Friday 25 May at 4pm.