Composting

Host: Jenny Webber

Who took part: Roger, Kate, Rob, Wendy, plus others

Main points:

  • Encouragement and support (education) for home composting
  • Use local wisdom
  • Guidelines and protocols – cooked vs uncooked
  • Flats? Collection? Pig bins? Council?
  • Compost exchange mechanism
  • Buddy schemes/mentoring schemes
  • Compost doctor
  • Work with residents’ associations
  • Hearing from older people
  • Wormeries/green cones
  • Neighbours collecting unwanted kitchen waste from others in the street

Focus ideas:

  • Education
  • Collections from flats of kitchen waste
  • Offering green waste to those with compost bins or large gardens/allotments
  • Work with residents' associations

Get involved: contact hello [at] TransitionTownLewes.org.uk