Article: I'm doing my bit to free up landfill space ; My carbon footprint is rather large. Actually, after three long- haul flights and a few shorter ones in the space of just 10 months, it is enormous.

My carbon footprint is rather large. Actually, after three long- haul flights and a few shorter ones in the space of just 10 months, it is enormous.

So to appease my guilty conscience I have, for the past month, been freeing up scarce landfill space by composting.

A self-contained bin, courtesy of Exeter City Council, is now the feature of my back garden and home to all of our biodegradable rubbish, a few fruit flies and a handful of friendly earthworms.

When I initially ordered the bin I did not know what to expect. I was somewhat dreading have to put it together like a piece of IKEA furniture, and then being forced to trudge through hordes of completely indecipherable literature ...

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