Composting facilities - scale and types

Composting schemes vary widely from the operations carried out by private households that do not require planning permission to larger scale commercial operations such as those developed by local authorities, the private sector or as joint ventures. The scale of commercial composting facilities can also vary from a small facility requiring only an area of hard standing for composting, a covered area for screening or storing of materials to large scale facilities, which will require large open areas and buildings. Larger scale facilities will, as a result be more visually intrusive and increase traffic in the vicinity.