EVERYONE Loves a Rotter is the latest scheme to try and encourage people in Wiltshire to make use of their kitchen waste.

The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and the Wiltshire Waste Partnership have teamed up with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to persuade more people to turn kitchen waste into compost.

Gary Hilder, home composting programme manager for WRAP, said: "Home composting is easy and contrary to opinion does not involve excessive time and effort.

"Not only will it improve people's gardens, but they'll be making a positive contribution to the environment and saving money, and that's got to be worth trying."

All you need to do is to find an unused corner of the garden where a compost bin can be placed on bare soil and then add garden and kitchen waste.

Compostable materials include fruit and vegetable peelings, tea bags and coffee grounds, bread, egg shells, paper towels, wood chippings, straw and hay.

Using the finished compost in gardens will improve soil condition and nutrients and produce healthier, stronger plants.

Under a pilot scheme being run at the moment each household in the area can get a low-cost compost bin, complete with instructions, delivered to their door.

For more information about home composting call 0845 600 0323.

For more information on WRAP visit www.wrap.org.uk.