There is a week for just about everything and next week is the unmissable National Composting Week, which is being celebrated by Brighton and Hove City Council with a range of bargains aimed at getting the city composting.

Compost bins are being offered to residents at reduced prices, starting from just £5, while the council is also offer wormeries and food waste digesters for the first time.

For £5 you can get your hands on a 220 litre bin, while for £11 you can get a 330 litre bin, which you can fill up with grass cuttings and vegetable peelings as well as scrunched up cardboard, teabags, egg shells, coffee granules and even shredded confidential documents.

Composting can reduce the amount of household waste going to landfill and allow householders to produce their own free nutrient rich compost for all their garden plants.

Since 2006 residents in Brighton & Hove have diverted more than 5,653 tonnes of garden and green waste from landfill by home composting.

For more information on these bin offers as well as wormeries and food waste digesters visit www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/compost.

Adam Batchelor, project officer in Brighton & Hove City Council’s environment team, said: “More than 30% of the average household bin can be composted and although around one third of householders already compost at home, we are encouraging others to get involved.

“Home composting saves money, saves energy, saves water and provides free garden compost year after year. By converting material that is considered rubbish into a valuable resource, nutrients are recycled back into the soil.”

He added: “There is often a belief that waste such as vegetable peelings or garden waste is harmless, but in a landfill tip they cause powerful greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere.

“Home composting organic waste materials not only helps to significantly reduce carbon emissions, but can also be used as an effective and sustainable waste management method to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.”

Find out more about National Composting Week here.