PEAT-FREE compost is now available to buy at re3 recycling centres.
Generated from recycled garden waste by residents of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham boroughs, it can be bought from both Bracknell and Reading centres.
It costs £3.50 per 40L bag or residents can use a multi-deal offer of three bags for £10 – saving 50p.
The compost conforms to BSI PAS 100 and the Compost Quality Protocol.
Before being bagged, it undergoes a 12 week composting process, where waste is screened, shredded and matured.
One of the stages is sanitisation, where the green waste is kept at between 65 – 80ºC for a week to kill off weed, seed and pathogens.