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This project is now being managed directly by South Gloucestershire Council, after Resources Futures set it up in 2004 and successfully managed it until May 2009. To contact SGC, telephone Dave Sims on 01454 864108
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Community Composting Project - South Gloucestershire |
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Composting green waste provides a simple way of diverting organic matter from landfill. If people are not home composting, then other approaches are necessary and community composting is a great alternative to home composting.
In South Gloucestershire, large scale facilities are provided by SITA through the SORT IT* campaign. Although large scale facilities are relatively cost effective and can provide a good compost product, these are costly to set up because they require waste management licences and strict controls. These facilities will also need transport for the bulky green waste and the large amounts of the finished product. While this is an important part of the solution for dealing with green waste in South Gloucestershire, there is also a demand for small scale facilities to handle waste which is not collected by the kerbside collections which is where community compost sites come in. |
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How it all Began |
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The Community Composting Project was a partnership between Resource Futures, South Gloucestershire Council, and local Community Groups. In November 2003, a successful application was made to Defra Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund for the funding of the project and this became available from April 2004. From 2005, the project was funded by CRED (Community Recycling & Economic Development programme) - a Big Lottery fund, South Gloucestershire Council and income from the sites. From January 2008, there was no external funding available, and the project was funded by South Gloucestershire Council, some contract work and income from the sites. From June 2009, South Gloucestershire Council - Open Spaces Department, have taken the project 'in-house' and Resource Futures has ceased any involvement in the project.
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Project Update |
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Current Community Sites:
Hawkesbury Upton, Patchway, Shireway (Yate) and Thornbury.
Two larger sites have been established at Council premises, where large qauntities of Open Spaces green waste is shredded, procesed and then screened, to produce 10mm quality compost. The compost product has been analysed by the Organic Resource Agency, and found to be of a high quality.
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