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Compost update: still plenty of capacity

30/06/2018

It was great to meet contributor Alison yesterday who also composts at home but refers to that as ‘feeding the possums’ 🙂 I feel the same way about my attempts to grow vegetables in the...

How to avoid a stinky collection bucket

28/06/2018

Any organic waste collection service has to consider the probability of some unpleasant odours from time to time although unlike a ‘night soil’ collection this is far from inevitable! The...

Weekends are for composting!

23/06/2018

Last weekend I went along to the North Ainslie Primary School sustainability fair. I met Jennifer from SEE-Change there and she very generously let me promote the HCC with some flyers. If you saw the...

Welcome new members! The hungry compost heap looks forward to your waste

20/06/2018

It looks like the new flyer at the Hackett shops, and perhaps the ones I left at the North Ainslie Primary School sustainability fair, are working their magic! The HCC has new contributors this week...

Are you really doing all this for free?

18/06/2018

Yes, but probably for a limited time only! At the moment managing our compost heap and some local waste collection is quite feasible to carry out in my spare time even though I also work full time....

Buckets ready and waiting to be filled!

14/06/2018

The sad thing about helping my friends set up their new compost heap is that their family of 5 was my best source of kitchen waste. I have been picking up multiple buckets from them regularly. Their...