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Wednesday 05 May 2010
Get Stuck in to Compost Awareness Week
As part of Compost Awareness Week, 2 to 8 May 2010, Changeworks Master Composter volunteers are on hand to offer residents free, expert advice on home composting.
Local Master Composters cover Edinburgh and the Lothians and can advise you on how start home composting, where to put your bin and what to put in – everything you need to get started. Master Composters can also arrange to visit your compost bin to check that everything is breaking down nicely! All our advice is free, friendly and comes with experience as all the Masters are naturally, home composters themselves.
Edinburgh based Master Composter volunteer Mary Macaulay said, “It is good to talk to others with like interests and to help start new people along the road to caring for our environment. My own garden produce has greatly benefited from my homemade compost.”
During Compost Awareness Week anyone booking a home visit will receive a FREE kitchen caddy.
For more information about how to get a reduced price compost bin, to book a home visit or becoming a Master Composter volunteer, contact Changeworks on 0131 555 4010 or email mastercomposter@changeworks.org.uk.
Composting – did you know… (source: Zero Waste Scotland) • As a nation we produce around 30 million tonnes of waste each year • Over one third of the contents of an average UK household bin can be home composted (not to mention all the garden waste that can be added) yet many people do not recognise how important and simple it is to do.
ENDS
Contact:
Kathleen Kirkness Master Composter Project Co-ordinator Changeworks 0131 555 4010 kkirkness@changeworks.org.uk Jo Mattinson Communications and Marketing Manager Changeworks 0131 468 8655 jomattinson@changeworks.org.ukNotes to Editors:
1. This is the tenth annual international Compost Awareness Week which runs from the 2–8 of May. It aims to encourage people to collect their household and garden waste and set up a home composting system.
2. Changeworks exists to improve quality of life and to protect the environment. CHANGEWORKS Resources for Life Ltd. is a company registered as a charity in Scotland and limited by guarantee. Charity No. SC015144. Company No. SC103904. Registered Office: 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh EH6 5PY. VAT Reg. No. 927106435.
3. The Master Composter Project is also looking for volunteers. Master Composters will take part in two training sessions before going back into their own communities to spread the composting message. This will be achieved through home visits, talks and workshops and by being a source of advice and support to new and existing composters. View http://www.changeworks.org.uk/content.php?linkid=172
4. Zero Waste Scotland is the new unified body created to support delivery of the Scottish Government’s Zero Waste policy goals. It integrates the work of WRAP Scotland, Waste Aware Scotland, Envirowise, NISP and the Community Recycling Network for Scotland. View
