UK RECYCLED
COMPOST BUYING
GUIDE
All the products featured in this guide are certified to the national standard for
compost, BSI PAS 100. This means that they have been produced to a high
quality.
Unless specified, all the products listed are soil conditioners. Soil conditioners are
full of organic matter and are ideal to dig into your vegetable patch or borders to
improve soil condition and provide improved nutrient levels and soil structure.
ENGLAND
YORKSHIRE AND THE NORTH EAST
PRODUCER
Com-vert
Limited
DJ & SJ
Recycling
Premier Waste
Management
Limited – Joint
Stocks Site
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Com-vert Compost
Hadrian Compost
Premier Waste
Compost
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Shieldykes, Felton,
Morpeth,
Northumberland, NE65
9LS
Bags available for the
public to collect or be
delivered.
Codlaw Hill, Wall,
Hexham,
Northumberland, NE46
4HF
Available in small bags,
half tonne bags and in
bulk. Can be collected or
delivered.
Joint Stocks Recycling
Centre, Coxhoe, County
Durham, DH1 5TS
Prospect House, Aykley,
Heads Business Centre,
Aykley Heads, Durham
DH1 5TS
Available only in bulk
half-tonne bags direct
from the site or
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.com-vert.com
Dan Robinson
01665 575 533
James Enderby
01434 602 842
07831 795 536
www.dcwm.co.uk
Den Blewitt
07715510857
Colin Dickinson
0191 384 4000
delivered.
NORTH WEST
PRODUCER
AW Jenkinson
Wood Waste
PRODUCT NAME
/BRAND
Peat-free Compost
Fairfield
Materials
Management
Ltd
Fairfield Regular
(20mm)
Fairfield Fine
(10mm)
SITA, Clifton
Marsh
Organo
Waste
Recycling
Group &
Cheshire
Council
Recycled Green
Compost
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Clifton Moor, Clifton,
Penrith, Cumbria, CA10
2EY
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.awjenkinson.co.uk
Giles Watson
07876254081
01931 712 644
Available in
pallets/bags/bulk from
the site or can be
ordered for delivery from
sales office.
The Cabin, ADJ Unit E22 www.gmcomposting.co.uk
New Smithfield Market,
Manchester, M11 2WJ
Sarah Manwaring
0161 231 2139
Available direct from the
site in bags or can be
delivered in bulk as well
as arranging haulage for
orders of 20+ tonnes.
Clifton Marsh
www.sita.co.uk
Composting Facility, Off
Lynham Road,
Steve Holding
Freckleton, Preston, PR4 01772 635 151
0XE
07885754629
Compost available in
bags and in bulk direct
from the site and also
available in bags at all
Lancashire Civic Amenity
sites.
Gowy Composting
Facility, Ince Lane,
Wimbolds, Trafford, CH2
4JP
Maw Green Composting
Facility, Maw Green
Road, Copenhall, Crewe,
www.cheshire.gov.uk
Jane Hughes
01244 603 319
Mike Hughes
01244 301 887
CW1 1NG
White Moss
Horticulture
Richmoor Products
New Life
WRS
Composting
Ltd
GroGreen Compost
GroGreen Soil
Conditioner
Sold only in bulk.
Minimum of 10 tonnes
available from the site –
bags not available.
Simonswood Moss,
North Perimeter Road,
Kirby, Liverpool, L33
3AN
Available from No Frills,
Focus and George
Johnson Nursery.
WRS Composting Ltd
North End Farm
New Causeway
Formby
Liverpool
L38 1QA
www.whitemoss.co.uk
Paul Whyatt
0151 547 2979
www.wrscompost.co.uk
Ian Walker
0151 929 3999
Available direct from the
site and locally, for
example, Billinge Garden
Centre, Burscough
Building Supplies,
Everglades Nursery and
Embleys Nursery. For a
more comprehensive list,
please contact the site
direct.
George Whittaker &
Sons
Hapsford Composting
Facility, Hapsford, MA6
OHA
Stuart Whittaker
01565 654 866
DERBYSHIRE AND THE MIDLANDS
PRODUCER
Biffa Waste
Services Ltd
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Soil Conditioner
Compost
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Severn Trent, Etwall
Composting Facility,
Etwall Farm, Boundary
Road, Off Eggington
Road, Etwall, DE6 7NP
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.biffa.com
David Morgan
0116 236 7111
Poplars Landfill Site,
Lichfield Road, Cannock,
Staffordshire, WS11 3EQ
Jack Moody
Limited
Vital Earth
Sutton Ltd
Care Compost
Vital Earth
Resources
Buy in bulk, by bag or
loose from Etwall site.
Hollybush Farm,
Warstone Road,
Shareshill,
Wolverhampton, WV10
7LX
Available loose or by the
bag directly from the
site.
Sutton Farm, Sutton,
Market Drayton,
Shropshire, TF9 2HZ
Available from garden
centres nationwide and
will deliver locally.
www.hollybush-garden.com
Robert Moody
01922 417 648
www.vitalearth.com
John Wakefield
01874 611917
EAST
PRODUCER
MEC Recycling
Limited
Organic
Recycling
Ltd/Bettaland
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Flower Power
Bettaland top-soil
conditioner
Bettaland turf
dressing
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Ansons Farm, Eagle
Road, Swinderby, LN6
9HS
Available by the bag or
in bulk direct from the
site. Will also deliver.
Directly from the
company:
Decoy Farm,
Postland Road,
Crowland, Peterborough,
Cambs, PE6 0LX
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.mec-recycling.co.uk
Karen Cotton
01522 868 602
www.organicrecycling.co.uk
Giles Dixon
01733 211 666
Available in mini-bags or
bulk/loose directly from
the site.
Waste
Recycling
Group
(Dogsthorpe)
Shanks
Will be available from
local stockists from mid
2007.
Dogsthorpe Landfill Site,
Welland Road,
Dogsthorpe
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire, PE1
3TD
Available by the bag or
loose in trailer-loads
from the site only.
www.wrg.co.uk
www.shanks.co.uk
Neil Harrold
01733 310925
SOUTH
PRODUCER
Beddingham
Compost
Company
Cumberlow
Composting
Donarbon
Limited
PRODUCT NAME/
BRAND
Beddingham/
Swansea Compost
Ace of Herts
Donarbon Compost
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Benimons Road,
Beddingham, A26,
Lewes,
East Sussex, BN8 6JX
Available for bulk buying
only. Minimum size 1
cubic metre bag
available.
Cumberlow Green, Nr
Rushden, Buntingford,
Hertfordshire, SG9 0QD
Not available directly
from the farm although
bulk loads can be
delivered. Also sell
through local garden
centres e.g. Vanstones
Garden Centre.
Ely Road, Waterbeach,
Cambridge, CB5 9PG
Available directly from
the site; “bring your own
bag and shovel” or will
deliver in bulk.
EcoComposting
Ltd
Compost
Mulches
Soil Improver
Ecological
Sciences
Limited
The Eco Range
West Country
Compost’s Soil
Conditioner
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.tjcomposting.co.uk
Charlie Trousdell
01273 858511
www.aceofherts.com
Henry Hodge
01763 281 223
www.donarbonlimited.co.uk
Jonathan Jones
01223 861 010
www.eco-composting.co.uk
Available to buy directly
from Eco-Composting:
Chapel Lane, Parley,
Christchurch, BH23 6BG
Andy Hill
01202 593 601
sales@eco-composting.co.uk
Wolfston Laboratory,
Higher Hoopern Lane,
Exeter, Devon
www.eco-sci.co.uk
Ed Heeley
01392 424 846
Cheltern Meadow
Landfill Site, Billacombe
Road,
Plymstock, Plymouth
PL9 7JA
Available by the bag in
several sizes including
50 litre and ‘dumpy’
bags, also available
loose.
The Green
Waste
Company
Grundon
Waste
Management
Limited
Hills Waste
Silver Spring
Grundon Compost
Warrior Compost
Available in various
grades
Island Waste
Services Ltd
Isle of Wight Soil
Conditioner/
Mulch
Available to buy directly
from the site as well as
in garden centres and at
recycling centres across
Devon, Cornwall,
Somerset and Dorset.
Downs Farm Limited,
Splattenridden, Hayle,
Cornwall, TR27 6LH
Available directly from
the site above in tonne
bags or in bulk.
Beenham Composting
Facility, Off Grange
Road, Beenham,
Reading, Berkshire, RG7
5PJ
Available by the bag or
in bulk from the site
above.
Ailesbury Court, High
Street, Marlborough,
Wiltshire, SN8 1AA
Available by the bag or
in bulk directly from the
site and at household
recycling centres across
Wiltshire.
Available through civic
amenity sites:
Main Lynnbottom Civic,
Amenity Site,
www.greenwastecompany.com
Felicity Richards
01736 740400
07968 113419
www.grundon.com
Mark Sheppy
01189 713 671
www.hills-group.co.uk
Garry Johnson
01249 815 401
Steve Palmer
01793 714 458
www.islandwaste.co.uk
islandwaste@biffa.co.uk
Briddlesford Road, Nr
Arreton, Isle of Wight
Steve Smith
01983 822 240
Forest Road Civic
Amenity Site, Newport,
Isle of Wight
Aston Civic Amenity Site
Aston Road, Freshwater
Isle of Wight
Shelford
Composting
Company
Shorts
Agricultural
Tree Fella PLC
Viridor South
West
Shelford Compost
Shorts Group
Tree Fella Compost
Revive Compost
Available in large bags
or in bulk either
collected or delivered.
Shelford Farm Estate,
Broad Oak, Canterbury,
Kent, CT2 0PR
Available from the site
above or can be
delivered in bag/bulk.
Planners Farm, Brock
Hill, Brockhill, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG42 6LR
Available in bulk only
from the site.
Tree Fella PLC, Stewards
Yard, Wakering Road,
Shoeburyness, Essex,
SS3 9TR
Compost available
directly from the site or
can be delivered by the
bag/loose.
Dimmer Composting
Facility, Dimmer Lane,
Castle Cary, Somerset,
BA7 7NR
Available in bulk directly
from the site, and can
also be delivered.
Also available in bags
Vinod Mehroke
01227 712 364
Gavin Bartlett
01344 299312
www.treefella.co.uk
Carol Steward
01702 216 766
www.wyvernwaste.co.uk
Kevin Bishop
01963 350 743
The Woodhorn Woodhorn Group
Group
Compost
‘The Earth Cycle’
10mm,
25mm Mulch,
Rootzone,
Topsoil Supreme
and Cow Compost
from the site, local
garden centres and
other compost retail
outlets e.g. Cleve
Nursery and Household
Waste Recycling
Centres.
Woodhorn Farm, Oving,
Chicester,
Sussex
Available in bulk or
builder’s bag to the
public or trade directly
from the site and at
various local retail
outlets e.g. Covers
Building Supplies and
Shopwhyke Nursery.
www.woodhorngroup.co.uk
Stuart Etherington
07976719782
01243 789 284
NORTHERN IRELAND
PRODUCER
Natural World
Products
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Rosey Lee
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
55 Cargclougher Road,
Keady, County Armagh,
BT60 3RA
Available direct from the
site above in bulk only.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.nwp-recycle.com
Aoife Woods
028 3753 1591
Alastair Dunwoody
Alastair.dunwoody@nwprecycle.com
WALES
PRODUCER
Bryn Quarry
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Byrn Quarry
Compost
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Gelligaer Gwelt Farm,
Hengoed, Mid
Glamorgan, CF8 28FY
FURTHER
INFORMATION
Alun Price
01443 838 121
Available loose by the
tonne - No bags
available.
SCOTLAND
PRODUCER
PRODUCT
NAME/BRAND
Forth
Green Goodness
Resource
Peat-Free Soil
Management – Improver
Braehead
Organically
Enhanced Topsoil
Woodshred
Composted Mulch
Top Dressing PeatFree Compost
Reduced Peat
Growing Blend
Rock Mix
Rock Soil
WHERE CAN I BUY
IT?
Braehead Composting
Facility, 122c Craigs
Road, Edinburgh, EH12
0AA
Visit
www.frmrecycling.co.uk
for details or visit FRM
located at the Seer
Stand at Gardening
Scotland
Available in bulk bags at:
Strawberry Corner
Garden Centre,
Wallyford, Musselburgh,
EH21 8JU
20kg bags available from
several retailers or on
site.
Minimum 20 bags for
delivery.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
www.frmrecycling.co.uk
Alex Dunbar
01620 894 241
GP Green
Green Gro Compost
Lanark Country Stores
(Lanark Auction Market,
Hyndford Road, Lanark,
Lanarkshire, ML11 9AX)
www.groupgp.com
James Gilchrist
01555 663 234
Grouldings Garden
Centre (Main Street
Bothwell Glasgow
Lanarkshire G71 8ER)
CTS (33 Glenburn Road,
East Kilbride, Glasgow,
Lanarkshire, G74 5BA)
GP Plantscape Nurseries
(Kirkfield Bank, Lanark,
ML11 9TG)
Keenan
Recycling Ltd
Peat-free compost
Garden bark
Woodshred
Products
Scottish Water
POD Compost
Stirling Council Castle Compost
GP Green Recycling
(Newhouse-mill Road,
Blantyre, G74 2LF)
Keenan Recycling Ltd,
New Deer, Turriff,
Aberdeenshire, AB53
6YH
Gregor Keenan
01224 621 338
Available directly from
the site in bulk.
Delivered or collected.
Compost will be
available by the bag in
due course.
Scottish Water, 55
Buckstone Terrace,
Edinburgh, EH10 6XH
Can be bought direct
from site or delivered at
extra cost. Also available
from local garden
centres e.g. Balmore
Garden Centre.
Lower Polmaise Landfill,
Fallin Road, Fallin, FK7
7JW
www.scottishwater.co.uk
Brian Pirie
0131 445 6874
Henrik Micski
01786 461141
William Tracey
Ltd
Soil Improver
Can buy direct from the
site.
William Tracey Ltd,
Loch Libo Road, Lugton
Ayrshire, KA15 1HZ
www.wmtracey.co.uk
Stuart Fraser
01505 850 116
Available in bulk or loose
to collect or by delivery.
Will be available by the
bag from Spring 2007.
Please note, if you plan on buying direct from the compost
manufacturing site, it is advisable to telephone beforehand to make
arrangements, as the sites can get very busy.
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