Composting your food scraps and garden clippings at home provides an excellent source of free garden food. It also further reduces greenhouse gas emissions and is the most climate friendly way to manage your food and garden waste.
There are several systems you can use to suit your household, to choose the most appropriate you should consider your garden size and waste volume.
Products available include:
Residents can purchase one eligible item at the discounted price from The Shop at Edendale Community Farm.
(Open 10am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. We also open on weekends and public holidays when staffing allows)
Visit Edendale Community Environment Farm with evidence of your Nillumbik residency. You can bring a rate notice or utility bill in your name, or drivers licence or similar with your address so we can confirm on our map.
Plus get your free kitchen caddy
To help Nillumbik residents easily separate their food waste, Council is also providing free kitchen caddies for a limited time only. These small bins can sit on your kitchen bench top ready to collect food scraps in the kitchen.
Kitchen caddies can be picked up from locations across the Shire.
Pre-order your caddy
Fill out the order form to collect your caddy from one of three locations:
The caddy is a one-off complimentary item for Nillumbik households and will be available for a limited time only.