ONYX in Hampshire has scooped a Composting Association award for its involvement in a green waste recycling partnership.

The waste company has been producing an award-winning, peat-free soil conditioner from grass cuttings and garden waste for the last six years.

In 2002, it formed a partnership, Apex, with two waste management companies and specialist growing medium company, Freeland Horticulture, to expand the market for compost.