The idea
Composting is a great way of cutting down the amount of household waste that has to be transported for incineration and landfill. The food waste that breaks down into nutritious compost will be made available for use on each site in various gardening and planting projects, or in residents' gardens and allotments.
Each community compost will be made available for 40 households locally who get a kitchen caddy and instructions on how to use the compost. By using the compost, they will contribute to enhancing their local green spaces.
We will make sure each community compost is operating correctly and do any repairs necessary. The composts will be managed by volunteer compost champions who will be recruited from the partner organisations or from the communities.
What we'll deliver
- Build community compost stations
- Make sure composts operate well and fix any repairs
- Provide kitchen caddies for compost users
Why it's a great idea
The composts can become assets for the local community and used in educational activities to promote the environmental benefits of composting.
Composting is a great way to do your bit for the environment. Separating food waste from your general rubbish cuts down the amount that has to be transported for incineration. This, in turn, reduces transport and incineration emissions, and also reduces general waste management costs.
Food waste really is not rubbish but a valuable product that breaks down into rich and nutritious compost that can be used to improve the soil in gardens and other green spaces. Communal composts are a good solution for people who live in flats, have limited outside space or don't feel confident to compost at home.
If you live in the surrounding area of any of the four community composts, you can join to use it. You will get a kitchen caddy with a lid and clear instructions on what to do.
Steps to get it done
- Compost stations built in accessible locations available to local communities
- Information events held to tell people about their local community compost
- Households registered to use their local community compost
- Food waste diverted from general household rubbish
- Ready-made compost available for residents gardens and local green spaces
Our locations:
Springfield Park
This is going to be a project with the neighbouring Alder Hey children’s hospital, and the aim is to also engage with the local community. www.friendsofspringfieldpark-liverpool.com
Friends of Walton Hall Park
The local community will be encouraged to use their community compost to help their local park and to be more environmentally conscious. The compost produced will be used to grow plants for the park and organic fruit and vegetables for the local community. waltonhallparkcommunity.org
Croxteth Community Garden
Using the compost in the garden will save the volunteer group money, reduce waste, reduce plastic use and transportation because of less need to buy compost. www.facebook.com/CroxtethCommunityGarden
Greenbank Park
The community compost will be made available to households in the surrounding community who can join to use the compost for their household waste. We will recruit a volunteer Compost Champion from the community.
