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Shoalhaven City Council has chosen 205 households to take part in the first Great Green Home Composting Trial.

Participants in this innovative trial include a nine-year-old girl, former Shoalhaven City Councillor June Baker and Graham French from 2ST.

The Great Green Home Composters will be attending a 1 1/2 hour workshop shortly to provide them with their composting bin and kitchen tidy bin and tips on how to create healthy compost from their green and organic waste.

Director City Services and Operations John Wells said the main aim of the project is to help citizens see how easy it is to compost and create good, healthy compost for garden beds or the vegetable patch.

“Anyone can compost, it’s easy, cheap and good fun,” Mr Wells said. “At the end of the day compost helps maintain good condition in your soil which reduces the need to water plants and vegies and it takes organic waste out of our waste depots.

“At present we have 50 per cent of waste going into West Nowra Waste Depot is green or organic waste. If we can reduce this by a significant amount we can save ratepayer funding for the Depot and also help to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the waste depot by up to 20 per cent.”

The Great Green Home Composting trial attracted more than 700 people wishing to take part. Council officers selected 205 households to take part, representing a variety of household types and areas in the city.

Throughout 2007 the 205 selected households will be provided with advice and information on how to make their composting a success.

If any resident of the city is interested in composting, they should call Waste Minimisation on (02) 4429 3127 or visit the Council’s Administration Centre at Bridge Road Nowra, or the Deering St, Ulladulla office.

Council currently places about 224 kilograms of domestic waste to land fill for each person in the city.

The Waste Management Team are continually striving to improve services and would welcome any positive suggestions or comments.
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