Compost Awareness Week

Havering Council gets kids composting for Compost Awareness Week

​International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW, May 1 - 7) is the world’s largest education initiative to promote composting.

​During this week Havering Council ran Compost in a Bottle workshops at three different primary schools within the borough – St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Clockhouse Primary School, both in Collier Row and Elm Park Primary School in Elm Park.

 

The workshops informed parents/ carers and their children of the benefits of composting. Children, parents and carers built a mini composter in a bottle by layering waste such as fruit/vegetable peelings, shredded paper, used teabags, egg shells and more.

 

The finished bottle will be observed over the coming weeks to see the production of compost which will be used in their home gardens and at school.

 

Steve Moore, Head of Streetcare at Havering Council said:  “We encourage residents to recycle their organic waste to create compost which can be used in their gardens. It’s great that young children are getting involved with composting. It’s important that we get everyone in the borough involved - schools, businesses and residents.

 

“Nearly half of the waste from an average household bin can be composted in some way. It currently costs the Council £6m a year to treat waste that could be composted, a considerable sum in these austere times. It could also save residents money when gardening and would benefit the air quality in our borough.”

 

Havering Council runs free compost workshops for residents as well as offering subsidised bins. New workshop dates and locations are to be added soon.

 

Visit www.havering.gov.uk/compostdoctor to register interest and to order a free compost guide.

 

To make sure Havering residents have the right equipment to allow them to compost their waste, Havering Council has teamed up withwww.getcomposting.com to provide reduced priced environmental products such as home compost bins, water butts and more for residents in the borough.

 

Residents can also find exclusive offers on caddy liners and other products atwww.caddyliners.com.