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The eight annual Compost Awareness Week takes place across Wealden and
nationwide from Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 May 2008. Compost Awareness Week is a celebration of
how kitchen and garden waste creates one
of the many benefits of recycling.
"We want to encourage as many people as possible to recognise the
benefits of home composting," said Councillor Sylvia Tidy, Cabinet member
for Community Development . "Over
94 per cent of Britain's peat bogs have been damaged and destroyed mainly
because of commercial demand among gardeners over the past 50 years for peat to
enrich their soil.
"But by buying your own compost bin, you will have a ready-made
supply of compost on hand. You are not
only protecting the world's peat bogs, but reducing the amount of unnecessary
waste going into our limited landfill
sites. And you can achieve some
great results in your garden.
"Compost Awareness Week is our chance to help people realise the
benefits of compost. As a nation we produce around 30 million tonnes of
rubbish each year and over one third of the contents of an average UK
household wheelie bin can be home composted.
Not to mention all the garden waste that can be added in the course of the
gardening year."
There are a variety of compost bins on offer at a reduced price to East
Sussex residents starting at just £9.95. These include the traditional type of
compost bin for garden waste to the new Green Cone and Green Johanna food waste
digesters which take cooked food, dairy products, meat and fish.
As part of this week's celebration of home composting there are a number
of activities taking place in Wealden.
There will be composting displays in the reception areas of the
Council's offices in Vicarage Lane, Hailsham; and Pine Grove, Crowborough. Free sunflower seeds are on offer and there's a competition with some fabulous prizes
to win.
Or
why not visit the KPS compost site at Isfield to find out what happens to your
green garden waste and cardboard collected on Wealden's CROWN recycling scheme,
and from householders in Eastbourne.
KPS will be holding an Open
Day on Saturday May 17, from 9am and 1pm
at its site at Boathouse Farm, Lewes Road, Isfield, East Sussex TN22 5JJ.
Organised tours will give you an insight into what happens to your green waste,
explaining the processes and machinery used to turn this waste into a useful
recycled product. Waste Management staff from both Wealden District Council and
Eastbourne Borough Council will also be available to provide information on
your green waste collections and composting and answer any queries you may
have. The East Sussex County Council's Compost Doctors will
also be attending the KPS Open Day.
Just bring your own bag and fill it for free with soil enhancer. Alternatively, 40 litre bags of soil enhancer
can be purchased for £1 a bag.
KPS Composting has been producing compost from household green waste for
over ten years in Sussex. Each year over
11,000 tonnes of green waste and cardboard collected from Wealden households is
turned into a high quality soil enhancer.
Soil enhancer produced from
kerbside green waste collections can be regularly purchased either loose
or in bags from:
- KPS' composting
site in Isfield (Tel 01444 831307).
- The Heathfield
and Mountfield Household Waste Recycling sites.
- Robins of
Herstmonceux (Tel. 01323 833181).
- Scaynes Hill
Landscapes, Haywards Heath (Tel 01825 791470).
For advice on home composting, green waste collections as part of the
C.R.O.W.N. recycling service and information on any of the compost bin offers,
please contact the Waste Management Team at Wealden District Council on 01892
602626 or email
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. Alternatively, just have a look at
our website www.wealden.gov.uk .
For further
information:
Cllr Sylvia Tidy,
Cabinet Member for Community Development.
Wealden District Council.
Tel: 01825 733151
Email:
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Jim van den Bos,
Communications Officer,
Wealden District Council.
Tel: 01892 602745
Email:
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Mike Pashler,
Head of Waste & Commercial Services
Wealden District Council.
Tel: 01323 443420
Email:
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