The HCC is a curbside collection and composting service.
We take your kitchen scraps and turn them into valuable soil amendment, avoiding the generation of methane in landfill.
By supporting the HCC you will
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Retain our resources
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Encourage sustainability
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Strengthen your community
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Recent Posts
So many ways to get involved
Howdy HCCers. There has been a lot going on at the compost collective, so I’d like to re-cap recent compost happenings as well as let you all know about a few upcoming events. Last weekend we officially launched the Mills St. Composter, the 2nd of our large new 3-bay composters. Yet Scott still performed a […]
Come to our Mills St. composter launch and info session to learn what is possible
If you’re not particularly interested in composting or gardening then you’re exactly who we’d like to chat with! Of course we’re happy to share composting tips with fellow plant lovers and we’re expecting a few on the 15th. At HCC we’re all about composting in the most effective way and we’re always happy to share […]
Great compost opportunities at Mitchell Community garden
Last Sunday I stopped by the Mitchell community garden for the first time. I’ve known that one exists in Mitchell for yonks but I had a hard time picturing what it might look like. What with Mitchell being one of the semi-industrial areas of Canberra, with lots of establishments squished in to a smallish area, […]
The HCC was started to help divert household kitchen scraps from landfill with the aim of avoiding methane generation and saving nutrients to make new soil – closing the loop in our own local community.
Learn more about us, our goals and how we got here.
