Wandsworth Council is looking for volunteers to come forward to take part in a home composting trial

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Wandsworth Council is looking for volunteers to come forward to take part in a home composting trial

Postby Community Editor » Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:54 pm

The council is poised to recruit a small army of home composters to participate in a pilot scheme that aims to test the effectiveness of diverting food and organic garden waste away from household general waste collections by home composting.

The town hall is asking 100 volunteers to come forward to take part in a home composting trial.

The volunteers will be given free composting equipment and asked to use it for all their suitable food and garden waste. Participating residents will be asked to weigh how much they put in the compost bin each week so that officers can evaluate if a wider scheme would be effective in reducing household waste.

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As well as a compost bin for the garden, volunteer households will be given digital luggage scales, an internal kitchen caddy and a ‘bag for life’ to allow them to weigh their food and garden waste.

Environment spokesman Cllr Steffi Sutters said: “This is just one of the ideas we are looking at to see how we can better deal with the ever-growing mountain of waste produced by modern-day living

“We have always supported residents who want to compost and encouraged households to do so by negotiating special deals with manufacturers so that residents can buy compost bins and kits at a discount.

“We know that over the years many homes have taken advantage of this scheme and their gardens have certainly benefited as a result. Now we want to take this a step further and see if this process can be scaled up and whether or not much more widespread composting would be viable with council support.

“If you are interested in taking part in our trial please do come forward and let us know.”

The pilot scheme is part of the council’s efforts to tackle climate change and one of the elements of the Wandsworth Environment and Sustainability Strategy (WESS).

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At this stage volunteers are sought from households with gardens and enough space to store an appropriately sized compost bin.

People interested in taking part in the pilot scheme should submit an expression of interest to homecomposting@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk stating why they are interested in taking part, by 30th September 2021.

Officers will then consider all applications and contact residents accordingly.

Residents who don’t wish to take part in the scheme but would like to begin composting at home can visit www.getcomposting.com and enter their Wandsworth postcode for great deals on a range of products.
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