Zero Waste Podcast 5: Home Composting

Here are the worms:

Here's what they eat:

Here's what they make:

Home composting, fine for folk in country but not so great in cities like Edinburgh? Meet Anne Hay, she looks very happy with her bin:

Now lets zoom out a little to her garden:

Anne lives in a flat in Leith, the garden is 'city sized', some might call it small but Anne is home composting. Is it all a little too close for comfort? Does the bin smell? Did volunteering put that smile on Anne's face? Find out all of this and more in the latest Zero Waste Podcast:

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PLEASE NOTE: Composting is a fantastic way to reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill and make a beneficial produce for your garden. 

If you want to know how to get started, where to put your bin or what goes in it you can log on to the Changeworks website, call 0131 555 4010 or email wasteprevention@changeworks.org.uk. If you're already composting but need some help you can book a home visit from a Zero Waste Scotland Volunteer using the contact details above.

If you would like to join Anne and become a Zero Waste Scotland Volunteer, you will need to attend a one day training session at Changeworks, Leith. After that you can pick and choose from events every month and give as little or a much time as you can. You get your transport to events refunded, you get to interact with lots of different people, you get into events for free and there's gardening vouchers for all the volunteer hours you contribute. Most importantly you're helping to make the world a better place. You can read about the latest volunteer recruitment drive on STV local or find out more about volunteering on the Zero Waste Scotland website. Alternatively call 0131 555 4010 or email wasteprevention@changeworks.org.uk. 

The Zero Waste Podcast series is produced by Emily Dodd for Greener Leith and funded by City of Edinburgh Council Waste Action Grants, Vegware and Changeworks. 

The theme tune for the podcast was brought to you by Waste Action Grant funded project, Trash Arts.

Comments

[Michael Traill]

Good to hear that the wee tot is showing an interest in greener living already.

[Brian Thomson]

Worm composting is maybe not for everybody . I use a bin in my small garden to make the more traditional compost - grass and hedge clippings , plus tea bags, fruit skins, potato peel, and eggshells.
Any left over food such as fats, meat, pasta, bread,etc goes on the bird feeder in the garden and soon disappears.
So together with the usual container and glass recycling there really isn't much left to throw out after that

[Vivian Kendricks]

Yikes, worms! Maybe composting is a good activity but I don't think I can do that. Nice garden though.

[Liam Ebden]

The general idea why people decide to do home composting is to reduce waste output. It is a good idea to attend a basic training for composting. For waste to properly decompose, there are specific composting conditions that have to be met.